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The Role of Attachment in brief group therapy for depression: An empirical study

The Role of Attachment in brief group therapy for depression: An empirical study. Dr Jo Wilson Professor Phil Richardson. Objective.

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The Role of Attachment in brief group therapy for depression: An empirical study

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  1. The Role of Attachment in brief group therapy for depression: An empirical study Dr Jo Wilson Professor Phil Richardson

  2. Objective • The (nature of the) relationship between attachment style and symptom reduction was examined in a group of depressed outpatients across the course of  brief time-limited group psychotherapy. 

  3. Method • 51 patients attending a 16 session outpatient group psychotherapy service completed the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II), the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI-II) and the Attachment Style Questionnaire (ASQ) at pre and post intervention for the purposes of routine outcome monitoring.  The relationship between patterns of attachment style and changes in depression and anxiety across the course of therapy was examined using multiple regression modelling. 

  4. MeasuresThe Attachment Style Questionnaire (ASQ) Feeney et al. 1994 • 40 item questionnaire • 5 point likert scale • 5 dimensions • Validated on psychiatric population • Continuous constructs • Correlated with existing attachment norms

  5. Dimensions of the ASQ. Attachment styles. Secure Avoidant/ Dismissing Fearful Anxious / Ambivalent Confidence Discomfort with closeness Relationship as secondary Need for Approval Preoccupied with relationships Need for Approval

  6. Results • Patients showed significant mean reductions in depression and anxiety scores across the course of therapy as well as some change in predominant attachment style. • When age and sex were controlled for, higher pre treatment scores on the ASQ Need for Approval dimension, and low scores on Secure Attachment were significantly predictive of improvement in depression scores.  

  7. Table 2 Paired samples t-test on sets of scores for both complete and intention to treat conditions * + score = numerical decrease, - score = numerical increase, so scores are negative and positive values accordingly. ** significant scores

  8. Table 3Paired samples t-test on the pre and post ASQ scores for Secure and Insecure Attachment components. * significant scores

  9. Table 4 Correlations between ASQ secure and insecure component change scores using Pearsons r. *=P<0.001 (1%)

  10. Table 5 Correlations of Change score correlations of Depression with Attachment profiles at pre group assessment. *significant at <0.05

  11. Table 6 Correlation Matrix for Differences in pre and post condition scores across measures using Pearson’s r. p<0.005 (0.05%) for all * results.

  12. Table 7 Regression Models with change in Depression as the DV. * significance < 0.1 **significance < 0.05

  13. Table 8 Regression Models for change scores with change in Depression as the DV. **significance < 0.05 *significance < 0.1

  14. Conclusions • Depressive symptomatology may improve over the course of brief group psychotherapy, though the study design precludes attribution of these changes to the therapy process itself. • Information concerning initial attachment styles may have predictive value in identifying those depressed patients most likely to benefit in the course of group psychotherapy. The role of short term changes in attachment style as a possible mediator of change is explored. 

  15. Dimensions of the ASQ. Attachment styles. Secure Avoidant/ Dismissing Fearful Anxious / Ambivalent Confidence Discomfort with closeness Relationship as secondary Need for Approval Preoccupied with relationships Need for Approval

  16. Implications for Attachment theory-”Self” and “Others”

  17. SummaryAttachment style as predictor of group outcome

  18. Limitations • Measure limitations • Small sample • High attrition rates • order of acquisition • assumptions of group treatment • Process versus outcome factors • Medication not controlled for

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