Efficacy of transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioral therapy for assertiveness: A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: Assertiveness training has been an essential component in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), for example, in the treatment of social anxiety and in dialectical behavioral therapy. However, the assertiveness construct has garnered little attention in recent clinical research. The objective of this study was to investigate the efficacy of an eight-week transdiagnostic stand-alone internet-based CBT intervention specifically aimed at increasing levels of assertive behavior. Following inclusion, we randomized N = 210 participants into three groups: therapist-guided self-help, unguided self-help, and a wait-list control condition. After a one-year follow-up, we employed a linear mixed model to estimate the effects at both post-test and follow-up for the primary outcome measures of asser

SUBMITTER: Hagberg T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10235435 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature