title: Effectiveness of matched, mismatched, and package treatments of depression.
abstract: The three purposes of this study were: (a) to determine if treatment that is matched to a depressed subject's problematic behavioral response class (irrational cognitions, social skills problems, few pleasant events) is more effective in alleviating depression than is mismatched treatment; (b) to determine if a package treatment is as effective as or more effective than a matched treatment and more effective than a mismatched treatment in alleviating depression; and (c) to determine if a specific treatment produces more changes in its logically-related response class than in logically-unrelated response classes. Nine depressed women were assigned to one of three multiple baseline designs across subjects; subjects in each design received, respectively, matched, mismatched, or a package treatment. Results strengthened two hypotheses, that matched treatment and package treatment are both effective in alleviating depression. Specific treatments did not, however, differentially affect their logically-related response classes.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, University of North Carolina, Greensboro 27412-5001.
authors.forename: R O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Nelson-Gray
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Herbert
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Herbert
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Sigmon
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Brannon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001242:Assertiveness; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008016:Life Change Events; D012649:Self Concept; D013850:Thinking