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27-08-2023 | Original Article

Changes in Perspective-Taking During Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in a Partial Hospital Setting

Auteurs: Chloe C. Hudson, Emily M. Bowers, Thröstur Björgvinsson, Courtney Beard

Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research | Uitgave 6/2023

Abstract

Objective

Perspective-taking deficits are thought to perpetuate interpersonal dysfunction across different forms of mental illness. Although psychotherapeutic treatments are thought to target perspective-taking deficits, there is a dearth of research supporting this claim. In the current naturalistic study, we investigated whether perspective-taking frequency changed over the course of a two-week cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) partial hospital treatment program.

Method

Participants were 421 adults with severe and complex mental illness that included mood, anxiety, and psychotic-spectrum disorders. Perspective-taking was assessed at admission and discharge using the 7-item Interpersonal Reactivity Index subscale.

Results

Results indicated improvements in perspective-taking from admission to discharge that did not vary as a function of participants diagnostic status or symptom severity. More severe autism spectrum disorder and borderline personality disorder symptoms were associated with less frequent perspective-taking across both time points.

Conclusions

These findings provide preliminary evidence to suggest that CBT may promote perspective-taking. Future research is needed to determine whether changes in perspective-taking are causally related to CBT, and if so, whether perspective-taking is a mechanism of change in psychotherapy.

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Titel: Changes in Perspective-Taking During Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in a Partial Hospital Setting
Auteurs: Chloe C. Hudson
Emily M. Bowers
Thröstur Björgvinsson
Courtney Beard
Publicatiedatum: 27-08-2023
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research / Uitgave 6/2023
Print ISSN: 0147-5916
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2819
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-023-10422-4

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