Rumination-focused cognitive behavioral therapy decreases anxiety and increases behavioral activation among remitted adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Rumination involves a repetitive, passive focus on one's thoughts and feelings and has been hypothesized as a mechanism contributing to multiple psychopathologies. The current investigation explores secondary outcomes from a pilot study to examine whether rumination-focused cognitive behavior therapy (RFCBT) alleviates symptoms of anxiety, increases behavioral activation, or increases global functioning among adolescents with a history of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).

Methods

Thirty-three adolescents were randomized to receive either RFCBT (n = 17) or assessment only (AO; n = 16) over the course of eight weeks. Mixed effects regression models were used to conduct intent-to-treat (ITT) analyses.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Feldhaus CG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7968389 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature