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Showing 1 to 20 of 55 for “"mechanisms of change"”.
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Mechanisms of change in protein architecture
… protein complements. Importantly, proteins are often composed of segments, i.e. domains that have a certain level of evolutionary, structural and/or functional independence. The majority of proteins in nature contain two or more domains, and an individual domain can often occur in combinations …
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Alleviating Equines: Investigating the Hypothesized Mechanisms of Change in Equine Assisted Psychotherapy
… research was integrated to develop the Tri-Level Mechanisms of Change (TLMC) Conceptualization, which is a comprehensive theoretical framework hypothesizing how Equine Assisted Psychotherapy produces psychological change. TLMC hypothesizes that the strength of human animal bond (HAB) with personal …
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A Heuristic and Qualitative Study Investigating the Mechanisms of Change in Art Therapy
… generate new knowledge related to the phenomena of mechanisms of change in art therapy. Further understanding and identification of mechanisms of change that advance clients toward therapeutic goals is needed in the field of art therapy. This study was particularly focused on gaining further …
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Executive function and emotion regulation as potential mechanisms of change in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
Having a psychological disorder is one of the leading causes of disability in the United States, and it is estimated that the lifetime prevalence of any psychological disorder is 46% (Kessler et al., 2005). The experience of co-occurring psychopathology is relatively common, and it is estimated …
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Evaluation of Implementation, Effectiveness, and Mechanisms of Change in Measurement-Based Care for Depressive and Anxiety Disorders
… practice that centers on routine completion of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and collaborative discussions between clinician and client to inform treatment and clinical decision-making. Despite its known benefits, questions remain regarding MBC's unique added value compared to …
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Verb syntax and the creation of a new verbal environment: Mechanisms of change from Latin to early and modern Romance
Difficulties in the identification of subjects and direct objects, resulting from the fall of the Latin nominal case system do not lead inexorably to a shift in the position of the finite verb and the rise of a fixed SVO constituent ordering. On the basis of a quantitative examination of the …
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The Contribution of Common Factors to Therapeutic Outcomes from the Clinician's Perspective: A Mixed Method Study to Explore Common Mechanisms of Change
… more popular it has been criticized for the lack of empirical evidence compared to empirically supported treatments and the lack of capacity to guide clinicians on what to do and when to do it in the course of therapy. This parallel mixed methods study addressed both of these critiques. In phase …
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Cognitive-behavioral therapy for depressed girls: a qualitative analysis of the ACTION program
… methodology to examine treatment outcome and mechanisms of change from the perspective of the participants in a group cognitivebehavioral therapy intervention for depressed girls (i.e., the ACTION program). Data were collected from seventeen participants using semi-structured interviews. …
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Toward a Model of 12-Step Engagement: Predicting Recovery Involvement in Narcotics Anonymous
… disorders (SUDs) affect a significant portion of the population and are noteworthy public health concerns. Mutual help organizations (MHOs) such as Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous are considered evidence-based practices for SUDs. Despite a growing body of research examining …
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The ‘Productive Community Services’ Programme: Implementing Change in a Community Healthcare Organisation
The Productive Community Services (PCS) is a change programme which aims to engage frontline healthcare staff in improving quality and productivity. PCS draws on tested improvement methodologies such as Lean, however there has been little research specifically carried out on PCS in practice. The …
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Implementation of a Brief Preventative Couples Intervention in a Primary Care Setting
… relationships are associated with a multitude of positive physical and mental health outcomes. Conversely, low relationship quality and relationship dissolution are associated with risk for poor health outcomes. Accordingly, numerous studies investigate ways to preserve healthy relationships …
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Implementation of medication reviews in German community pharmacies.
… with polypharmacy to ensure appropriateness of their entire medication. Despite listing the MR-service in the German action plan as a useful intervention, the plan does not mention any considerations about the implementation of this service. However, successful implementation is a …
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The role -taking experience of undergraduate peer tutors: A cognitive -developmental approach
<p>The two purposes of this study were (1) to investigate the effects on undergraduate peer tutors of taking on the role as tutors (2) to explore what happens in tutors' experience to impact growth. Three research questions investigated changes in tutors' cognitive-structural development, the …
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Nutrition Enhancement in Early Psychosis (Neep): A Feasibility Trial of Enhanced Nutrition with Text Messaging and a Dietary Tracking Mobile Application
… as major contributors. Given the importance of prevention, the early stages of psychosis have been described as a “critical” time to intervene on health behaviors. As such, a mobile-based intervention, Nutrition Enhancement in Early Psychosis (NEEP) was created to improve diet quality in …
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Mentalized Affectivity Among Adolescents in Wilderness Therapy: An Initial Exploration
… that underlies psychopathology and is a target of psychotherapeutic intervention as a mechanism of change. Little research has investigated MA’s role in psychopathology and treatment for adolescents. Change in MA has yet to be investigated. Wilderness therapy is a non-traditional treatment model …
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The role of ambivalence and cognitive dissonance in motivational interviewing for alcohol problems
… lifestyle and/or behavioural problems. However, mechanisms of change remain a topic of speculation. It has been hypothesised that MI works by eliciting and resolving a client's ambivalence, thereby enhancing their motivation and commitment to change. Research has supported the theory that …
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Changing behaviour, ‘more or less’: Investigating whether there is a basis for designing different interventions for implementation and deimplementation.
Background: The process of decreasing ineffective or harmful healthcare (deimplementation) may require different approaches than those used to promote uptake of new procedures (implementation) but research into different approaches is currently lacking. It has not been determined if there is a …
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Recognizing change : a set of short studies in pattern
This thesis presents a set of investigations on how pattern can be used to register change. Pattern--a set of attributes repeatedly transformed by rules--can be used to make apparent objects or ideas that transform and the operations that alter them. Our reactions to change, whether accepting or …
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