Does cognitive flexibility predict treatment gains in Internet-delivered psychological treatment of social anxiety disorder, depression, or tinnitus?
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SUBMITTER: Lindner P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4841247 | biostudies-literature | 2016
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Does cognitive flexibility predict treatment gains in Internet-delivered psychological treatment of social anxiety disorder, depression, or tinnitus?
Lindner Philip P Carlbring Per P Flodman Erik E Hebert Amanda A Poysti Stephanie S Hagkvist Filip F Johansson Robert R Zetterqvist Westin Vendela V Berger Thomas T Andersson Gerhard G
PeerJ 20160418
Little is known about the individual factors that predict outcomes in Internet-administered psychological treatments. We hypothesized that greater cognitive flexibility (i.e. the ability to simultaneously consider several concepts and tasks and switch effortlessly between them in response to changes in environmental contingencies) would provide a better foundation for learning and employing the cognitive restructuring techniques taught and exercised in therapy, leading to greater treatment gains ...[more]
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