The Use of a 6-Week Daily Diary in Cognitive Therapy

question 186

Multiple Choice

The use of a 6-week daily diary in cognitive therapy in the treatment of depression (Parrish et al., 2009) has shown the following EXCEPT:

• A)Clients reported a reduction in daily sad effects
• B)Clients reported a reduction in negative thoughts and sad effect reactivity to daily stressors
• C)Clients reported an increase in daily positive effects
• D)Clients reported an increase in time spent writing in their dairy

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Definitions:

Estimates Update

The process of revising predictions or calculations based on new information or changes to earlier assumptions.

Level

A specified stage or degree in a process, system, or ranking.

Systematic Component

The part of variability or patterns in data that can be consistently explained by identifiable factors, as opposed to random variation.

Mean Squared Error

A statistical measure of the average squared difference between estimated and actual values, used to gauge the accuracy of predictive models or estimators.