Het effect van “ACT your way” op de depressieve klachten, schoolbeleving, schoolverzuimen schoolresultaten en de mediërende rol van cognitieve emotieregulatie strategieën bij depressieve jongeren
Year: 2020
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Background: The existing treatment guidelines for depressed young people, namely\ncognitive behavioral therapy, interpersonal therapy and medication, do not always seem to\nhave sufficient effect. Learning how to use adaptive emotion regulation strategies might be a\nway to prevent and treat a depression. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)\ncontributes to the improvement of these strategies. Aim: This study explores whether there is\na positive effect of ACT on the emotion regulation of young people on therefor a mediation\neffect on their depressive symptoms. In addition, this study examines whether a decrease in\nthe depressive symptoms of young people has a mediation effect on their school experience,\nthe absence and the school results. Method: For this study data was used from the pilot effect\nstudy: “ACT your Way”. Participants (n=26) where youngsters aged 14 to 26 years old (M =\n18.0, SD = 2.83). All the youngsters have a major depressive mood disorder as main\ndiagnosis. They all have had previous treatment for their depression according to the\nguidelines (CBT, IPT), from which they have not benefited sufficiently or have fallen back\ninto a depressive disorder (after a symptom-free period of at least two months). A paired t-test\nwas used to compare the pre- and post-measurements and a PROCESS for mediation analysis\nwas used to determine the mediation effect. Results: This study showed that depressed young\npeople report significantly less depressive symptoms after following “ACT your way” and\nthat they make more positive reinterpretation. No difference was found on school experience,\nabsenteeism and school results. Also, no mediating effect of cognitive emotion regulation\nstrategies on depressive symptoms and no mediating effect of depressive symptoms on school\nexperience, absenteeism and school results were found. Conclusion: The results of this study\nare a first indication that “ACT your way” can contribute to a reduction of depressive\nsymptoms in youngsters. In the future, the actual effect and the role of cognitive emotion\nregulation strategies will have to be further explored. It is important that a larger, more\nrepresentative sample will be used and also a control and experimental group, in order to be\nable to make more accuracy statements about the effectiveness of the ACT-based intervention\n“ACT your way”.
Author: S. Brinkers
Language: Dutch
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3083025683