Behavioral Cognitive Psychology Research Articles

Direction of research and innovation in modern psychology (from the experience of foreign research)

The article creates a comparative intellectual platform by analyzing research in modern psychology. It is analyzed that analysis of the direction of new foreign modern research is the basis for increasing the intellectual potential of Kazakhstani psychological science. Modern professional research in the new direction of psychological science, research familiar from the results of scientific activity, are examined in detail. It can be noted that almost all the psychological research discussed in the article at congresses and conferences are studies that fully cover the social sphere and the requirements of the time. Foreign research is largely related to effective scientific research in Kazakhstan in the direction of developing the integration of science and knowledge, production in accordance with the requirements of new times. The article presents the foundations of world scientific psychological research, which determine the direction of our research, and analyzes scientific research on the Asian continents and the Pacific Ocean. The authors discuss their research at cognitive behavioral psychology conferences in Singapore, reviewing research from world congresses in Africa, Japan and the prestigious Global Science Technology Forum (GSTF) in Singapore, while witnessing conferences held by that organization. The authors summarize their thoughts that by familiarizing ourselves with many innovation studies, we can increase our own innovation potential.

Features of metacognitive beliefs of adolescents with a high level of personal anxiety

The article contains an analysis of the problems of personal anxiety among adolescents. Anxiety is considered as a property of the personality, which is manifested in the cognitive aspect, emotional reaction, physical reaction and behavior of the individual. The general purpose of the study was to identify the metacognitive beliefs of adolescents with a high level of personal anxiety and was realized thanks to the implementation of such tasks as: identifying adolescents with a high level of personal anxiety, studying personal attitudes towards symptoms, determining and comparing the metacognitive beliefs of adolescents with different levels of personal anxiety, determining predictive power of metacognitions of young people with a high level of personal anxiety.
 The results of a study of the prevalence of reactive and personal anxiety among adolescents are presented, a comparative analysis of one's own opinion regarding the presence of symptoms and test results of adolescents with a high level of personal anxiety is carried out. A new approach to the study of personal anxiety from the perspective of metacognitive beliefs is proposed, which is built on the principles of cognitive-behavioral psychology. Metacognition is defined as the basis of automatic thoughts, emotional and physical reactions, and the role of metacognitive processes in the interpretation of information about the level of security, the formation of judgments, assessments. The article proves that the metacognitions of adolescents with a high level of personal anxiety deprive them of flexibility in behavior, limiting the variability of life experience. The metacognitive portrait of young people with a high level of personal anxiety is characterized, in particular: the belief that anxiety is a protection against difficult emotions in anticipation of negative events; a positive attitude towards one's own anxious experiences is reinforced by a desire to prevent negative outcomes. As a result of the conducted research, the prospects for developing a method of targeted psychological influence within the cognitive-behavioral approach have been opened

The Origins of Cognitive-Behavioral Psychology in the Work of V. M. Bekhterev “Consciousness and Its Boundaries”

The Origins of Cognitive-Behavioral Psychology in the Work of V. M. Bekhterev “Consciousness and Its Boundaries”

Ultrasound-guided superficial serratus plane block for persistent post-mastectomy pain: four case reports

Persistent post-mastectomy pain (PPMP) is common after surgery. Although multiple modalities have been used to treat this type of pain, including medications, physical therapy, exercise interventions, cognitive-behavioral psychology, psychosocial interventions, and interventional approaches, managing PPMP may be still a challenge for breast cancer survivors. Currently, serratus plane block (SPB) as a novel regional anesthetic technique shows promising results for controlling chronic pain.We report four cases of patients with PPMP that were treated using superficial serratus plane block (SSPB) at our clinic. A retrospective review of effect of pain relief was collected through postprocedure interviews.We found that two of our patients were successfully treated with SSPB for pain after treatment for breast cancer. The third patient had an intercostobrachial nerve block that produced incomplete pain relief but had adequate pain relief with a SSPB. However, the fourth patient reported no pain relief after SSPB.These cases illustrate that the patients with PPMP could benefit from SSPB. Particularly, we find patients with a subjective sense of "tightness" relating to reconstructive surgeries may be a good candidate for SSPB. Further studies are warranted to evaluate this block for PPMP, as it is low risk and relatively simple to perform.

Psychological interventions for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. A systematic review and meta-analysis

Background Affordable interventions to improve metabolic control of Type 2-Diabetes Mellitus are increasingly necessary. Aim To review systematically the existing literature on the effects of psychological interventions on Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus compensation. Material and Methods We performed a systematic literature review and meta-analysis on the effectiveness of psychological interventions implemented for Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus patients. Research included the following electronic databases: PubMed, Bireme, Web of Science, SciELO, Embase, EBSCOhost, SCOPUS, Psychology Database. Results Most studies showed a decrease in the level of glycated hemoglobin after interventions, which applied different initiatives complementary to standard medical treatment. Mainly, these interventions encompassed training for self-monitoring and control of diabetes based on cognitive behavioral psychology, counseling, self-assessment and physical-spiritual work based on transpersonal psychology. Conclusions Psychological tools could be an adjunct to the standard medical treatment for patients with Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus, reducing glycated hemoglobin levels and improving self-regulation, disease awareness and adherence from the self-efficacy perception perspective.

Is Demographic Information Influence Risk Tolerance/Aversion in Investment Decision? Evidences from Literature Review

Investment decisions are usually being complicated by emotional process, mental mistakes and individual personality traits. In almost every important economic decision, the concept of risk in one hand, and uncertainty on the other hand, play a major function. Consequently, the objective of having an understanding and at the same time predicting the behaviour of an economy is intimately linked to understanding individual attitudes towards risk. behavioural finance happens to be a contemporary field that tends to merge the theory of behavioural cognitive psychology with conventional economics and finance with a view to giving reasons on why individuals made financial decisions that are irrational. The focus of behavioural finance is to study the final decision-making process and risk judgement of investors taking into consideration the theories and concepts that influences them. During investment decision making, the behaviour of an investor is affected by several factors. One of such decision influencing factors among others is demographic profile of investors. Different attitudes towards decision making were exhibited by respondents with diverse occupation, marital status, family size, income level, age and gender. They were also grouped into adverse risk and risk seeker.

F73. Effectiveness and neurophysiological changes of neurocognitive restructuring

Behavioral states have different brain wave patterns, this was studied by several researchers such as, Kam et al. (2013), who in his research with patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder (TB) and schizophrenia (EZ) found a specific pattern of gamma and beta waves in TB and delta and theta waves in EZ. Other authors measured brain activity during the performance of cognitive tasks in patients and observed specific variations during them (Finnigan and Robertson, 2011; Ward, 2003). Furthermore, we can not ignore the fact that brain processing mechanisms in the modification of emotions and behaviors, such as the activation of the left frontal pole related to positive thoughts and approximation behaviors, and the activation of the right frontal pole which is related to negative thoughts and avoidance behaviors. In relation, the Dr. Davidson and his team investigated in depth and also concluded that the way of thinking strengthens or weakens certain groups or networks of neurons in our brain involved in the thoughts we choose (Davidson et al., 2003, Lutz et al., 2008). A longitudinal intrasubject design was used to determine if neurocognitive restructuring (NR) produced changes in brain function recorded by EEG in five patients with psychiatric diagnoses, in three times 1. At the beginning (before starting treatment), 2. After three years of pharmacological treatment (FT), and 3. After six months of dual treatment (FT and RN). The data were analyzed qualitatively. The intervention of the present study consists of the systematic application of the cognitive-behavioral psychology technique, the cognitive restructuring and has appropriated the use of the term “neurocognitive restructuring” taking into account the existence of studies that support the modification cerebral after the use of the technique. Some modifications were observed after of pharmacological treatment alone, in 2 of the 5 patients. However, this was much more pronounced after the dual treatment, in 4 of the 5 patient studied increased voltage, as well as alphas waves, were detected, mostly in middle and posterior areas of the brain.The detected modifications coincided with the clinical improvement. In addition, the result of one of them with recurrent symptoms and unfavorable clinical evolution is exposed, which also the EEG was able to identify. This study provides data that support the need for combined treatment and the important role of neurocognitive techniques based on evidence, it also highlights the importance of including neurophysiological measures that provide us with data on brain functionality in patients with psychopathologies to have knowledge deeper and establish intervention protocols in line with cerebral affectation addition to clinical symptoms. In future studies a larger sample size is suggested, also more homogenous samples would contribute to a more specific knowledge of the effects of the intervention in each psychopathological disorder.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy preceded by an experimental Attention Bias Modification procedure in recurrent depression: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BackgroundThis project studies the effect of group-based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) following Attention Bias Modification (ABM) on residual symptoms in recurrent depression. ACT is a cognitive-behavioral intervention combining acceptance and mindfulness processes with commitment and behavior-change processes. ACT enjoys modest empirical support in treating depression and has also shown promising results in secondary prevention of depression. The experimental cognitive bias modification (ABM) procedure has been shown to reduce surrogate markers of depression vulnerability in patients in remission from depression. The aim of the current project is to investigate if the effect of group-based ACT on reducing residual depressive symptoms can be enhanced by preceding it with ABM. Also, assessment of the relationship between conceptually relevant therapeutic processes and outcome will be investigated.Methods/designAn invitation to participate in this project was extended to 120 individuals within a larger sample who had just completed a separate randomized, multisite, clinical trial (referred to hereafter as Phase 1) in which they received either ABM (n = 60) or a control condition without bias modification (n = 60). This larger Phase-1 sample consisted of 220 persons with a history of at least two episodes of major depression who were currently in remission or not fulfilling the criteria of major depression. After its inclusion, Phase-1 participants from the Sørlandet site (n = 120) were also recruited for this study in which they received an 8-week group-based ACT intervention. Measures will be taken immediately after Phase 1, 1 month, 2 months, 6 months, and 1 year after the conclusion of Phase 1.DiscussionThis study sequentially combines acceptable, nondrug interventions from neuropsychology and cognitive-behavioral psychology in treating residual symptoms in depression. The results will provide information about the effectiveness of treatment and on mechanisms and processes of change that may be valuable in understanding and further developing ABM and ACT, combined and alone.Trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, Identifier: NCT02648165. Registered on 6 January 2016.

Adult-Onset Trauma and Intergenerational Transmission: Integrating Empirical Data and Psychoanalytic Theory

This article addresses the tension in psychoanalytic thinking regarding adult-onset trauma and its potential effects on children who were not directly exposed to the same parental trauma. Psychoanalytic theory emphasizes early attachment trauma as predictive of the response to trauma later in life. This emphasis on early trauma delayed recognition of adult-onset trauma-related disorders and the development of adequate trauma-focused treatments. Presently, the confluence of findings from multiple disciplines, including trauma studies, biological research, and epidemiological data from across the globe, demonstrates the potentially devastating impact of adult-onset post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following exposure to trauma, such as war, terror, and assaultive violence. Empirical evidence highlights the critical role of post-trauma family and social support in recovery from PTSD or, alternatively, in delayed PTSD. Given the numbers of servicemen returning from combat zones with post-traumatic disorders and other populations around the globe exposed to extreme political violence, new effective trauma-focused treatments are needed. Integration of perspectives within psychoanalytic theories and “cross pollination” among the fields of psychoanalysis, attachment studies, cognitive-behavioral psychology, neuroscience, and trauma research will enhance innovative and effective interventions that harvest beneficial therapeutic elements from multiple approaches.

The ritualization of life and the expansion of psy cultures in Colombia: the local and the barely transnational.

This paper exposes the status of psy cultures in Colombia. It is shown how the country's official health system has transformed biomedical psychiatry and cognitive behavioral psychology into the dominant and hegemonic psy culture. However, far from being hegemonic, as presented, both serve to foster and sustain the existence of different "religious" or "sacred" therapeutic systems and practices that denaturalize human existential and psychological suffering. In general, the latter are ritual practices with a strong spiritualist, anti-materialist and antimonist content, that deal freely with a wide range of cosmologies, beliefs and symbols, even including the same concepts and practices of a biomedical origin. The result is a hyper-ritualization of daily life in the country.

Considerations on the social behavior development in people with autism in the perspective of cognitive-behavioral psychology: a review of literature

The aim of this study was to delineate the contributions of Cognitive-Behavioral Psychology in the methods of intervention targeted toward people with autism and to identify areas that need further study, designed to further development of social behaviors. Seventeen studies published between 2001 and 2010 were used to review and behavioral techniques as the most suitable for intervention in autism. Few techniques were found, and research on cognitive stimulation and virtual environments can be promising in the area. Only four papers related their results to age or deficits of participants and\or comparing the effectiveness of techniques. Thus, further studies on these two themes are recommended.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: A Transformative Approach to Negative Appraisals of Religious Origin

This paper discusses ways of transforming personal appraisals of religious origin through the use of cognitive behavioural therapeutic approaches. In the introduction, an account is presented of the theoretical background of cognitive behavioural therapy together with the main aspects underlining it, such as: how an event can induce irrational thinking in one’s reasoning, how irrational thinking can affect physical and emotional sensations and what follows, in terms of behaviours, after one has been emotionally influenced by irrational thinking. Appraisals of religious origin are presented and discussed in the main part of this chapter, followed by cognitive behavioural explanations which explore how these can be transformed from negative to positive ones. Before completing the main part of the chapter, a new topic is discussed, titled Cognitive Behavioural Psychology of Religion and ways of its contributing to new theoretical and empirical approaches for both psychology and religion. Finally, a summary of the main points of what has been discussed concludes the paper.

A Cognitive Behavioral Depression Prevention Program For Early Adolescents

The aim of this study was to present results of our one year experience with Cognitive Behavioral Psychology Program, in order to contribute to the building of whole school approach and positive psychology preventive mental health problems model. Based on Penn Resilience program (PRP), we modify and create program for early adolescents: how to prevent depression and to develop resilience. The program should promote optimism and reduce depression in children. Our focus was on explanatory style and optimism. Program’s goal is not simply to teach “positive thinking”. The goal is realistic thinking. During one academic year we have implemented this program in four classes in one primary school in Stip, R. Macedonia. One hundredth and twenty, eight grade’s adolescents, at the age of 14 years, 56 boys, 64 girls, were involved. We conducted a pre & post survey. Children’s Attribution Style Questionnaire (CASQ, Seligman et al.,1995), was used in order to measure the optimistic and pessimistic level among students. According to the results gathered by the pre & post survey, we can see that there exist some changes in the children’s optimistic and pessimistic level. Depression prevention research will live up to its promise if interventions like PRP can be successfully implemented by schools, clinics, and other community settings.

Erratum to: Citation rates for experimental psychology articles published between 1950 and 2004: Top-cited articles in behavioral cognitive psychology

Erratum to: Citation rates for experimental psychology articles published between 1950 and 2004: Top-cited articles in behavioral cognitive psychology

Citation rates for experimental psychology articles published between 1950 and 2004: Top-cited articles in behavioral cognitive psychology

From citation rates for over 85,000 articles published between 1950 and 2004 in 56 psychology journals, we identified a total of 500 behavioral cognitive psychology articles that ranked in the top 0.6% in each half-decade, in terms of their mean citations per year using the Web of Science. Thirty nine percent [corrected] of these articles were produced by 78 authors who authored three or more of them, and more than half were published by only five journals.The mean number of cites per year and the total number of citations necessary for an article to achieve various percentile rankings are reported for each journal. The mean number of citations necessary for an article published within each half-decade to rank at any given percentile has steadily increased from 1950 to 2004. Of the articles that we surveyed, 11% had zero total citations, and 35% received fewer than four total citations. Citations for post-1994 articles ranking in the 50th-75th and 90th-95th percentiles have generally continued to grow across each of their 3-year postpublication bins. For pre-1995 articles ranking in the 50th-75th and 90th-95th percentiles, citations peaked in the 4- to 6- or 7- to 9-year postpublication bins and decreased linearly thereafter, until asymptoting. In contrast, for the top-500 articles, (a) for pre-1980 articles, citations grew and peaked 10-18-year postpublication bins, and after a slight decrease began to linearly increase again; (b) for post-1979 articles, citations have continually increased across years in a nearly linear fashion. We also report changes in topics covered by the top-cited articles over the decades.

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Countering the argument that educational psychologists need specific training to use cognitive behavioural therapy

Large numbers of adults and children have emotional difficulties that are severe enough to be classified as mental health problems. This places a current and future economic drain on society and prevents individuals from leading fulfilling lives and has led to a call for more therapists to work with those affected. However, there are insufficient professionals working in mental health services to meet demand. This paper will explore the case for educational psychologists (EPs) engaging in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) in their role as applied psychologists. This discussion paper adds to the debate about the level of training needed to be deemed competent to deliver individual CBT. For example, would EPs have ‘appropriate levels of training’ suggested by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines for the treatment of depression? Six arguments are presented discussing some of the issues of professional competence leading to the conclusion that EPs are well placed to deliver a cognitive behavioural psychology service to schools, pupils and families.

Soul and Soullessness

maginal psychology is a newly coalescing orientation within the field of psychology with an ancient taproot. The orientation of imaginal psychology may be situated alongside the four other orientations to psychology: cognitive behavioral, depth, humanistic, and transpersonal. Aftab Omer, a primary voice within imaginal psychology and an important influence of mine, distinguishes these five orientations according to the primary concern of each one (2003).1 For cognitive behavioral the original primary concern 80 years ago was behavior, to which mind was added approximately 40 years ago. Within this orientation, the Greek word psyche is often translated as “mind” and psychology as “the study of the mind”. Cognitive behavioral psychology, the predominant mainstream orientation, reflects the biases of the modern cultural context from which it emerged, with its emphasis on cognition and behavior.The other four alternative orientations continue to address certain limitations found within cognitive behavioral psychology, such as its reliance on the hard sciences as the model and standard for the study of the human psyche and its ahistorical nature (Omer, 2003). In becoming established as a modern academic discipline, psychology lost connection to its ancient roots (Omer, 2003). The primary concern for depth psychology centers on the relationship between the conscious and the unconscious. Within humanistic psychology, the primary concern is personhood, and more specifically, self-actualization and the potential of the person. The primary concern within transpersonal psychology is consciousness, with a focus on altered states of consciousness.

Principles and application of educational counseling used in progressive audiologic tinnitus management

Exposure to loud sounds is a common cause and exacerbater of tinnitus - a troubling auditory symptom that affects millions of people worldwide. Clinical research at the National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research has resulted in a clinical model of tinnitus management referred to as Progressive Audiologic Tinnitus Management (PATM). The model involves five hierarchical levels of management: Triage, Audiologic Evaluation, Group Education, Tinnitus Evaluation, and Individualized Management. Counseling by audiologists and, as needed, mental health providers, is a key component of PATM. This style of counseling focuses less on didactic informational counseling; instead, counseling is used for facilitating patients' learning to adjust to the disturbing auditory symptom by successfully employing tools from two powerful skillsets for self-management of chronic tinnitus - the therapeutic uses of sound and techniques from cognitive-behavioral psychology. This article provides an overview of the methods of counseling used with PATM and provides details concerning the overarching principles of collaborative adult learning that are believed to be most important in facilitating self-management by patients who complain of tinnitus.

LA MEDITACIÓN COMO PROCESO COGNITIVO-CONDUCTUAL

It is risky to try to tackle an deeper issue as it is meditation, with a very pragmatic model, as is the cognitive-behavioral psychology. However, if the model is correct and flexible enough, and really could be explained by increasing their explanatory power and generation of hypothesis power too, would also enhance its credibility. Doing it again put our heads in the lionis mouth. But Kanfer and Karoly (1972) went alive trough their exploration, which makes it possible to take them as models reinforced by his audacity, and launching again. The work begins with the concept of meditation, the arrival of cognitive-behavioral psychology to meditation, the clinical effects of meditation and future prospects.