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标题：TREATING ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION OF CANCER SURVIVORS: BEHAVIORAL ACTIVATION VERSUS ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY
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作者：Sonia González-Fernández ; Concepción Fernández-Rodríguez ; María Dolores Paz-Caballero 等
期刊名称：Psicothema
印刷版ISSN：0214-9915
电子版ISSN：1886-144X
出版年度：2018
卷号：30
期号：1
页码：14-20
DOI：10.7334/psicothema2017.396
出版社：Cologio Oficial de Psicólogos del Principado
摘要：Background: Behavioral activation (BA) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) are considered particularly useful treatments when dealing with emotional problems of cancer survivors. The efficacy of these two treatments, applied on a group basis, were evaluated and compared. Method : An analysis was carried out of pre-post treatment changes in the emotional state and patterns of activation/avoidance of 52 cancer patients, with anxiety and/or depression, randomly assigned to three groups (BA/ACT/waiting list control). Results: Both therapies were superior to no treatment in all the variables evaluated. Significant differences were found between the two treatments in favor of ACT in social impairment and avoidance/rumination. Conclusions : BA and ACT, applied on a group basis, are efficacious in the treatment of those emotional difficulties most prevalent in cancer survivors. Results suggest that activation and avoidance are the mechanisms responsible for the changes.
关键词：Randomized controlled trial; depression; anxiety; psychotherapy