Feasibility and clinical utility of a transdiagnostic Internet-delivered rational emotive and behavioral intervention for adolescents with anxiety and depressive disorders

Background: Transdiagnostic interventions delivered for children and adolescents show promising results. In order to increase access to treatment, recent developments in technology have led to alternatives to face-to-face interventions. Transdiagnostic Internet-delivered interventions can be effecti...

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Autores principales: Costina-Ruxandra Păsărelu, Anca Dobrean, Gerhard Andersson, Gabriela Corina Zaharie
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:0c95be2db4344632bd524c4d57c9dc012021-11-06T04:29:20ZFeasibility and clinical utility of a transdiagnostic Internet-delivered rational emotive and behavioral intervention for adolescents with anxiety and depressive disorders2214-782910.1016/j.invent.2021.100479https://doaj.org/article/0c95be2db4344632bd524c4d57c9dc012021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214782921001196https://doaj.org/toc/2214-7829Background: Transdiagnostic interventions delivered for children and adolescents show promising results. In order to increase access to treatment, recent developments in technology have led to alternatives to face-to-face interventions. Transdiagnostic Internet-delivered interventions can be effective for adult anxiety and depressive disorders, but research is more limited regarding the efficacy of such treatments for young populations diagnosed with anxiety and or depressive disorders. Objective: This study aims to investigate the feasibility and clinical utility of a transdiagnostic Internet-delivered intervention based on Rational emotive behavior therapy for adolescents diagnosed with anxiety and depressive disorders. Methods: We tested the preliminary efficacy of a six-week intervention in an open trial, pre-post design. Results: Our results suggest that the intervention is feasible and can be included as a treatment for adolescents with anxiety and depressive disorders, being associated with moderate to large pre-post effect sizes on self-reported anxiety and depressive symptoms, as well as on negative patterns of thinking and knowledge acquisition. Satisfaction with the intervention was high. Conclusions: Transdiagnostic Internet-delivered interventions for adolescents with anxiety and depressive symptoms are feasible. Future testing of the efficacy of such interventions in randomized controlled trials should be conducted.Costina-Ruxandra PăsăreluAnca DobreanGerhard AnderssonGabriela Corina ZaharieElsevierarticleTransdiagnosticInternet interventionsAnxietyDepressionAdolescentsInformation technologyT58.5-58.64PsychologyBF1-990ENInternet Interventions, Vol 26, Iss , Pp 100479- (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Transdiagnostic
Internet interventions
Anxiety
Depression
Adolescents
Information technology
T58.5-58.64
Psychology
BF1-990
spellingShingle Transdiagnostic
Internet interventions
Anxiety
Depression
Adolescents
Information technology
T58.5-58.64
Psychology
BF1-990
Costina-Ruxandra Păsărelu
Anca Dobrean
Gerhard Andersson
Gabriela Corina Zaharie
Feasibility and clinical utility of a transdiagnostic Internet-delivered rational emotive and behavioral intervention for adolescents with anxiety and depressive disorders
description Background: Transdiagnostic interventions delivered for children and adolescents show promising results. In order to increase access to treatment, recent developments in technology have led to alternatives to face-to-face interventions. Transdiagnostic Internet-delivered interventions can be effective for adult anxiety and depressive disorders, but research is more limited regarding the efficacy of such treatments for young populations diagnosed with anxiety and or depressive disorders. Objective: This study aims to investigate the feasibility and clinical utility of a transdiagnostic Internet-delivered intervention based on Rational emotive behavior therapy for adolescents diagnosed with anxiety and depressive disorders. Methods: We tested the preliminary efficacy of a six-week intervention in an open trial, pre-post design. Results: Our results suggest that the intervention is feasible and can be included as a treatment for adolescents with anxiety and depressive disorders, being associated with moderate to large pre-post effect sizes on self-reported anxiety and depressive symptoms, as well as on negative patterns of thinking and knowledge acquisition. Satisfaction with the intervention was high. Conclusions: Transdiagnostic Internet-delivered interventions for adolescents with anxiety and depressive symptoms are feasible. Future testing of the efficacy of such interventions in randomized controlled trials should be conducted.
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author Costina-Ruxandra Păsărelu
Anca Dobrean
Gerhard Andersson
Gabriela Corina Zaharie
author_facet Costina-Ruxandra Păsărelu
Anca Dobrean
Gerhard Andersson
Gabriela Corina Zaharie
author_sort Costina-Ruxandra Păsărelu
title Feasibility and clinical utility of a transdiagnostic Internet-delivered rational emotive and behavioral intervention for adolescents with anxiety and depressive disorders
title_short Feasibility and clinical utility of a transdiagnostic Internet-delivered rational emotive and behavioral intervention for adolescents with anxiety and depressive disorders
title_full Feasibility and clinical utility of a transdiagnostic Internet-delivered rational emotive and behavioral intervention for adolescents with anxiety and depressive disorders
title_fullStr Feasibility and clinical utility of a transdiagnostic Internet-delivered rational emotive and behavioral intervention for adolescents with anxiety and depressive disorders
title_full_unstemmed Feasibility and clinical utility of a transdiagnostic Internet-delivered rational emotive and behavioral intervention for adolescents with anxiety and depressive disorders
title_sort feasibility and clinical utility of a transdiagnostic internet-delivered rational emotive and behavioral intervention for adolescents with anxiety and depressive disorders
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/0c95be2db4344632bd524c4d57c9dc01
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