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Immersion and distancing across the therapeutic process: relationship to symptoms and emotional arousal

dc.contributor.authorBarbosa, Eunice
dc.contributor.authorAmendoeira, Maria
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Tiago
dc.contributor.authorTeixeira, Ana Sofia
dc.contributor.authorPinto-Gouveia, José
dc.contributor.authorSalgado, Joào
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-14T11:03:27Z
dc.date.available2021-04-14T11:03:27Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThis study aims to clarify the roles of immersion and distancing (that is, reflection on an experience from an egocentric point of view or as an observer, respectively) on therapeutic change analyzing i) the evolution of these two perspectives across the resolution of a clinical problem, and ii) the relationship between immersion/distancing with symptoms and emotional arousal. We extracted all the passages of speech pertaining to the most relevant clinical problem of a good outcome case of depression undergoing cognitive-behavioral therapy. We assessed the distancing/immersion of these extracts using the Measure of Immersed and Distanced Speech, and emotional arousal with the Client Emotional Arousal Scale-III. The symptoms were assessed from the Beck Depression Inventory-II and Outcome Questionnaire-10.2. Immersion was associated with symptoms and negative emotions, while distancing was associated with clinical well being and positive emotions. Immersion was still dominant when depressive symptoms were below the clinical threshold. Clinical change was associated with a decrease in immersion and an increase in distancing. The dominance of immersion does not necessarily indicate a bad outcome.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.4081/ripppo.2017.258pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.24/1572
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.titleImmersion and distancing across the therapeutic process: relationship to symptoms and emotional arousalpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.issue2pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage258pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleResearch in Psychotherapy: Psychopathology, Process and Outcomept_PT
oaire.citation.volume20pt_PT
rcaap.rightsclosedAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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