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KMID : 0981220110110020001
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Congnitive Behavior Therapy in Korea
2011 Volume.11 No. 2 p.1 ~ p.21
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The application and examination of ACT-based intervention program for understanding and acceptance of harm avoidance temperament
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Yoo Seong-Jin
Kwon Seok-Man
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Abstract
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Most people prefer avoiding anxious feelings over experiencing them. However, the efforts to avoid anxious feelings result in paradoxical effects which are characterized by the amplifications of frequency, intensity and duration of anxiety. Therefore, clinical issues are not the experiences of anxiety per se but the efforts to avoid them. In this context, the authors applied the intervention program focused on understanding and acceptance of harm avoidance temperament and examined the therapeutic effects of it. It was ACT- based psychoeducational program. In order to explore the therapeutic effects of the intervention, two groups(treatment vs. contrast) were lined up. Treatment group attended the intervention program over a 6 -week period(6 sessions, 15 hours) and contrast group attended the psychological lecture over a same period. At the end of the intervention, the measures of experiential avoidance, self-discrepancy, state anxiety, negative affectivity and subjective happiness were significantly changed in treatment group. At the results of group comparison, the changes of experiential avoidance, self-discrepancy, state anxiety and subjective happiness of treatment group were significantly larger than those of contrast group. These findings suggest that the temperamentally vulnerable people can benefit from this intervention. Based on the overall findings, the authors discussed the implications of present study in theoretical and clinical manner. Finally, the limitations of this study were discussed along with suggestions for further study.
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KEYWORD
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harm avoidance, experiential avoidance, temperamental vulnerability, relational vulnerability, ACT-based intervention program
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