Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10448275 | Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry | 2010 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Previous research has shown that rapid vocal repetition of a one-word version of negative self-referential thought reduces the stimulus functions (e.g., emotional discomfort and believability) associated with that thought. The present study compares the effects of that defusion strategy with thought distraction and distraction-based experimental control tasks on a negative self-referential thought. Non-clinical undergraduates were randomly assigned to one of three protocols. The cognitive defusion condition reduced the emotional discomfort and believability of negative self-referential thoughts significantly greater than comparison conditions. Favorable results were also found for the defusion technique with participants with elevated depressive symptoms.
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Authors
Akihiko Masuda, Michael P. Twohig, Analia R. Stormo, Amanda B. Feinstein, Ying-Yi Chou, Johanna W. Wendell,