A Pilot Study of Tailored Cognitive-Behavioral Resilience Training for Trauma Survivors With Subthreshold Distress.
This pilot study evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of tailored cognitive-behavioral resilience training (TCBRT) for trauma-exposed individuals with a variety of subsyndromal psychological symptoms. TCBRT is a brief, flexible intervention that allows individuals to select the areas they wish to target using common cognitive-behavioral change principles. There were 14 individuals (78.6% female) who were recruited from a major medical center and enrolled in the 5-session intervention. There were 12 (85.7%) who completed all TCBRT sessions, and 2 (14.3%) who dropped out after 3 sessions. All participants reported that they received benefit from, were engaged in, and were satisfied with the intervention. Of the 12 with postintervention data, 5 of the participants demonstrated reliable increases in resilience and 6 demonstrated reliable decreases in anxiety. These improvements appeared to be maintained at 2-month follow-up; of the 11 participants with follow-up data, 5 demonstrated reliable increases in resilience and 6 demonstrated reliable decreases in anxiety. Our findings suggested that TCRBT was acceptable to trauma-exposed individuals with varying types of subthreshold distress.
Department of Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.|Department of Psychiatry, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Alyson K
AK
Zalta
Department of Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Vanessa
V
Tirone
Department of Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Jennifer
J
Siedjak
Department of Psychiatry, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Randy A
RA
Boley
Department of Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Catalina
C
Vechiu
Department of Psychiatry, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Mark H
MH
Pollack
Department of Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Stevan E
SE
Hobfoll
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology*