Assessing Patients’ Cognitive Therapy Skills: Initial Evaluation of the Competencies of Cognitive Therapy Scale

In cognitive therapy (CT), therapists work to help patients develop skills to cope with negative affect. Most current methods of assessing patients’ skills are cumbersome and impractical for clinical use. To address this issue, we developed and conducted an initial psychometric evaluation of self- a...

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Published inCognitive therapy and research Vol. 38; no. 5; pp. 559 - 569
Main Authors Strunk, Daniel R., Hollars, Shannon N., Adler, Abby D., Goldstein, Lizabeth A., Braun, Justin D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston Springer US 01.10.2014
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
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Clinical Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive therapy
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Original Article
Quality of Life Research
Questionnaires
Ratings & rankings
Skills
Therapists
United States > US
Depression
Cognitive therapy
Therapy skills
Assessment
assessment
depression
therapy skills
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Summary:In cognitive therapy (CT), therapists work to help patients develop skills to cope with negative affect. Most current methods of assessing patients’ skills are cumbersome and impractical for clinical use. To address this issue, we developed and conducted an initial psychometric evaluation of self- and therapist-reported versions of a new measure of CT skills: the Competencies of Cognitive Therapy Scale (CCTS). We evaluated the CCTS at intake and post-treatment in a sample of 67 patients participating in CT. The CCTS correlated with a preexisting measure of CT skills (the Ways of Responding Questionnaire) and was also related to concurrent depressive symptoms. Across CT, self-reported improvements in CT competencies were associated with greater changes in depressive symptoms. These findings offer initial evidence for the validity of the CCTS. We discuss the CCTS in comparison with other measures of CT skills and suggest future research directions.
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ISSN:0147-5916
1573-2819
DOI:10.1007/s10608-014-9617-9