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Does CBT Facilitate Emotional Processing?
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Baker, Roger Owens, Matthew Thomas, Sarah Whittlesea, Anna Abbey, Gareth Gower, Phil Tosunlar, Lara Corrigan, Eimear Thomas, Peter W. |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Description | Background: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is not primarily conceptualized as operating via affective processes. However, there is growing recognition that emotional processing plays an important role during the course of therapy. Aims: The Emotional Processing Scale was developed as a clinical and research tool to measure emotional processing deficits and the process of emotional change during therapy. Method: Fifty-five patients receiving CBT were given measures of emotional functioning (Toronto Alexithymia Scale [TAS-20]; Emotional Processing Scale [EPS-38]) and psychological symptoms (Brief Symptom Inventory [BSI]) pre- and post-therapy. In addition, the EPS-38 was administered to a sample of 173 healthy individuals. Results: Initially, the patient group exhibited elevated emotional processing scores compared to the healthy group, but after therapy, these scores decreased and approached those of the healthy group. Conclusions: This suggests that therapy ostensibly designed to reduce psychiatric symptoms via cognitive processes may also facilitate emotional processing. The Emotional Processing Scale demonstrated sensitivity to changes in alexithymia and psychiatric symptom severity, and may provide a valid and reliable means of assessing change during therapy. |
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| Ending Page | 37 |
| Page Count | 19 |
| Starting Page | 19 |
| ISSN | 13524658 |
| e-ISSN | 14691833 |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1352465810000895 |
| Journal | Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 40 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
| Publisher Date | 2011-03-11 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy Emotional Processing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (cbt) |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Medicine Clinical Psychology |
