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A Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effect of Metaphors on Anxiety Symptoms Among Chinese Graduate Students: The Mediation Effect of Worry | |
Hu, Jinghan1,3; Zhang, Xiaoyu1; Li, Ruonan1,2; Zhang, Jianxin1; Zhang, Wencai1 | |
第一作者 | Jinghan Hu |
通讯作者邮箱 | zhangwc@psych.ac.cn (张文彩) |
心理所单位排序 | 1 |
摘要 | Psychotherapists use metaphors frequently regardless of their orientation. However, few studies examined the unique effectiveness of metaphors on anxiety. This randomized controlled trial assigned 94 graduate students at risk of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) into either a metaphorical group (n = 31), a literal group (n = 33), or a no-intervention control group (n = 30). The metaphorical group used metaphors in the form of metaphorical stories, whereas the literal group used literal language to present the same anxiety-related materials over four 1-hour weekly sessions. All participants received measurements assessing worry, GAD, anxiety symptoms, and life satisfaction at baseline (T1), postintervention (T2), 1-week (T3), and 4-week follow-up (T4). Participants in the two intervention groups freely recalled the four session topics at postintervention. Both the metaphorical (T3 and T4) and the literal groups (T4) significantly enhanced life satisfaction. The metaphorical group significantly alleviated anxiety symptoms (T2 and T3), while the other two groups showed no such improvements. Further, the reduction of worry from baseline to postintervention mediated the relationship between the metaphorical intervention and GAD and anxiety symptoms. The participants in the metaphorical group recalled the session topics more accurately than those in the literal group. The metaphorical intervention alleviated anxiety symptoms and enhanced life satisfaction and memory about the intervention. Worry plays a mediating role between metaphorical intervention and anxiety. Future studies should enhance metaphorical intervention's effectiveness and explore its effects on worry and memory. |
关键词 | anxiety cognitive behavioural therapy life satisfaction memory metaphor worry |
2022-10-24 | |
语种 | 英语 |
DOI | 10.1007/s11482-022-10107-2 |
发表期刊 | APPLIED RESEARCH IN QUALITY OF LIFE |
ISSN | 1871-2584 |
页码 | 19 |
期刊论文类型 | 实证研究 |
收录类别 | SSCI |
出版者 | SPRINGER |
WOS关键词 | COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY ; DEPRESSION ; LIFE ; VALIDATION ; PREVENTION ; DISORDERS ; PSYCHOTHERAPY ; SATISFACTION ; METAANALYSIS ; PEOPLE |
WOS研究方向 | Social Sciences - Other Topics |
WOS类目 | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000871264000001 |
WOS分区 | Q1 |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/43768 |
专题 | 中国科学院心理健康重点实验室 |
通讯作者 | Zhang, Wencai |
作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, CAS Key Lab Mental Hlth, 16 LinCui Rd, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Psychol, 19 A Yuquan Rd, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 3.City Univ Hong Kong, Dept Social & Behav Sci, Kowloon Tong, 83 Tat Chee Ave, Hong Kong, Peoples R China |
第一作者单位 | 中国科学院心理健康重点实验室 |
通讯作者单位 | 中国科学院心理健康重点实验室 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Hu, Jinghan,Zhang, Xiaoyu,Li, Ruonan,et al. A Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effect of Metaphors on Anxiety Symptoms Among Chinese Graduate Students: The Mediation Effect of Worry[J]. APPLIED RESEARCH IN QUALITY OF LIFE,2022:19. |
APA | Hu, Jinghan,Zhang, Xiaoyu,Li, Ruonan,Zhang, Jianxin,&Zhang, Wencai.(2022).A Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effect of Metaphors on Anxiety Symptoms Among Chinese Graduate Students: The Mediation Effect of Worry.APPLIED RESEARCH IN QUALITY OF LIFE,19. |
MLA | Hu, Jinghan,et al."A Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effect of Metaphors on Anxiety Symptoms Among Chinese Graduate Students: The Mediation Effect of Worry".APPLIED RESEARCH IN QUALITY OF LIFE (2022):19. |
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