May 1, 2002Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Response styles among patients with minor depression and dysthymia in primary care.
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Randomized trial examines treatment impact on response styles and depressive symptoms in primary care patients, indicating significant implications for treatment strategies.
Key Points
- This research aims to explore how response styles to depression evolve during treatment and their predictive power on treatment outcomes.
- Randomized assignment of 96 primary care patients with dysthymia or minor depression to problem-solving therapy, paroxetine, or placebo.
- Assessment of depressive symptoms and response styles including rumination and distraction over time.
- Analysis of the relationship between pretreatment response styles and treatment outcomes at follow-up.
- Patients showed a decrease in depressive symptoms and rumination over time, while distraction did not decrease significantly.
- Higher levels of pretreatment rumination correlated with more severe depressive symptoms at the end of treatment.
- The association between distraction and depressive symptoms at treatment conclusion did not align with response style theory.
Cite This Study
Schmaling et al. (2002) studied this question.