Predictors of outcome of group and internet-based cognitive behavior therapy
Journal of Affective DisordersPublished 1 June 2007
Viola Spek, Ivan Nyklı́ček, Pim Cuijpers, Victor J.M. Pop
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Outcomes of different types of cognitive behavior therapy for sub-threshold depression are partly predicted by different participant characteristics, while altruism seems to be exclusively related to more favorable outcomes in the group treatment.
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Outcomes of different types of cognitive behavior therapy for sub-threshold depression are partly predicted by different participant characteristics. Neuroticism was associated with worse outcomes in both types of treatment, while altruism seems to be exclusively related to more favorable outcomes in the group treatment.
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