Cognitive versus behavioral skills in CBT for depressed adolescents: Disaggregating within-patient versus between-patient effects on symptom change.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Despite a growing body of research supporting the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for depressed adolescents, few studies have investigated the role of the acquisition and use of CBT skills in accounting for symptom improvement. The present study examined the role of cognitive versus behavioral skills in predicting symptom improvement in depressed youth. Analyses considered different raters of patient skills (patient vs. therapist) as well as disaggregated between-patient versus within-patient effects.

Method

Data were derived from a 12-week clinical trial of CBT for depressed adolescent females (N = 33; ages 13-18 years; 69.7% White). Both therapist-report and patient-report measures of CBT skills (skills of cognitive therapy) were acquired at 5 time

SUBMITTER: Webb CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6506214 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature