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Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research 3/2022

24-01-2022 | Original Article

The Effectiveness of Transdiagnostic Applications of Competitive Memory Training (COMET) on Low Self-Esteem and Comorbid Depression: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Auteurs: Kees Korrelboom, Tom IJdema, Annemiek Karreman, Mark van der Gaag

Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research | Uitgave 3/2022

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Abstract

Background

Low self-esteem is a relevant transdiagnostic condition in the etiology, manifestation, and aggravation of different types of psychopathology. While low self-esteem is expected to ameliorate automatically after successful treatment of the principal emotional disorder the patient is suffering from, this does not always happen. Therefore, several specific interventions for enhancing low self-esteem have been developed, amongst them competitive memory training or COMET. The current meta-analysis investigated the efficacy of COMET in a variety of patient populations.

Methods

Several databases were simultaneously examined after which 11 randomized COMET studies were identified. They encompassed a total of 662 patients with a diversity of emotional disorders of whom 344 had been treated in the experimental COMET conditions. Effects of COMET were expressed as Hedges’ g and were assessed on self-esteem and comorbid depression. When heterogeneity or publication bias were detected, original outcomes were corrected.

Results

Low self-esteem was enhanced (g = 0.50; after correction g = 0.61), while comorbid depression was reduced (g = 0.68; after correction g = 0.54).

Conclusions

COMET is a promising transdiagnostic intervention producing moderate enhancements in low self-esteem and moderate reductions in comorbid depression compared to control conditions in a variety of emotional disorders.

Study Registration

Prospero ID: CRD42021237905.
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Metagegevens
Titel
The Effectiveness of Transdiagnostic Applications of Competitive Memory Training (COMET) on Low Self-Esteem and Comorbid Depression: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Auteurs
Kees Korrelboom
Tom IJdema
Annemiek Karreman
Mark van der Gaag
Publicatiedatum
24-01-2022
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Cognitive Therapy and Research / Uitgave 3/2022
Print ISSN: 0147-5916
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2819
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-021-10286-6

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