Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, 1835 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
J Consult Clin Psychol. 2012 Oct;80(5):730-8. doi: 10.1037/a0029281. Epub 2012 Jul 9.
Previous studies of cognitive therapy (CT) for depression have examined therapist adherence and the therapeutic alliance as predictors of subsequent symptom change. However, little is known about these CT process variables when CT is delivered in combination with antidepressant medication.
In a sample of 176 depressed outpatients randomized to the combined condition of a clinical trial, we examined ratings of adherence and alliance as predictors of subsequent session-to-session symptom change across early CT sessions.
Both adherence to Behavioral Methods/Homework and the therapeutic alliance significantly predicted session-to-session symptom change. In models in which patients' medication regimen and prior symptom change were covaried, only Behavioral Methods/Homework remained a significant predictor of subsequent symptom change.
Our findings highlight the utility of Behavioral Methods/Homework in combined treatment for promoting early session-to-session symptom change.
先前关于认知疗法(CT)治疗抑郁症的研究已经检验了治疗师的依从性和治疗联盟作为随后症状变化的预测因子。然而,当 CT 与抗抑郁药物联合使用时,对于这些 CT 过程变量知之甚少。
在一项针对 176 名随机分配到临床试验联合治疗组的抑郁门诊患者的样本中,我们考察了治疗依从性和治疗联盟的评分,以预测早期 CT 疗程中的随后的疗程到疗程的症状变化。
行为方法/家庭作业的依从性和治疗联盟均显著预测了疗程到疗程的症状变化。在模型中,患者的药物治疗方案和先前的症状变化被协变,只有行为方法/家庭作业仍然是随后症状变化的显著预测因子。
我们的发现强调了行为方法/家庭作业在联合治疗中促进早期疗程到疗程的症状变化的效用。