Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.24869/psyd.2017.201

REGENERATION ORIENTATION IS BETTER THAN RESISTANCE ORIENTATION IN BEHAVIOUR ACTIVATION. RESULTS FROM AN INTERVENTION STUDY WITH PSYCHOSOMATIC PATIENTS

Josephine Otto ; Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Michael Linden ; Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

The meaning of positive activities in mental health is widely known and found its entrance in therapeutically and empirical work.
It also found it's entrance to current therapeutic developments. Different strategies for assessment and promotion of activity level
exist. Patients were acquired from a department of psychosomatic medicine in a German rehabilitation center and randomly
allocated to two treatment groups ("regeneration" vs "resistance" group). Data from 62 patients in the regeneration group and 65
patients in the resistance group was compared with 43 patients who received a "treatment as usual". All group comparisons were
statistically significant, with different results depending on the type of activities. Regarding behavior activation, there tend to be an
advantage for the regeneration group. Nothing is said about the transfer after discharge and long term effects.

Keywords

behavior activation; psychosomatic; intervention

Hrčak ID:

184775

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/184775

Publication date:

28.6.2017.

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