Salas Duhne, P.G., Horan, A.J., Ross, C. et al. (2 more authors) (2020) Assessing and promoting the use of implementation intentions in clinical practice. Social Science & Medicine, 265. 113490. ISSN 0277-9536
Abstract
Rationale
Striving for goals is a key part of psychological therapy, but people often struggle to translate their goals into action. Prior evidence has found that forming ifthen plans (or ‘implementation intentions’) is an effective way to bridge the gap between goals and action. However, it is unclear if therapists naturally prompt their clients to form implementation intentions and, if not, whether training would be feasible.
Method and Results
Study 1 coded the behavior change techniques used in 40 sessions of therapy for depression using a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy approach and a Person-Centred Experiential Therapy approach and found that therapists do not typically prompt their clients to form implementation intentions in either therapeutic approach. Objectives: Studies 2 and 3 sought to develop and evaluate a training program for therapists on implementation intentions.
Method and Results
Training was delivered face-to-face to 69 cognitive-behavioral therapists (Study 2), and online to 87 therapists working across models (Study 3) and therapists completed self-report measures of their use and knowledge of implementation intentions before training, post-training, and follow-up. The training significantly increased therapists’ use and knowledge of implementation intentions.
Conclusions
Taken together, these findings suggest therapists can be trained in the use of implementation intentions and that appropriate content might be integrated into training programs.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Elsevier. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Social Science & Medicine. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Implementation intentions; planning; mental health; evidence-based practice; psychotherapy; training; wise interventions; online learning |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 24 Nov 2020 08:43 |
Last Modified: | 04 Feb 2022 11:37 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113490 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:168324 |