Advances in Cognitive-Behavioral Research and Therapy

Advances in Cognitive-Behavioral Research and Therapy, Volume 2 provides information pertinent to the fundamental aspects of cognitive-behavioral approaches to psychotherapy. This book presents the developments in the study of cognition, personality, learning, social interaction, and behavior therapy. Organized into seven chapters, this volume begins with an overview of cognitive schemata and cognitive processing as significant theoretical concepts for cognitive-behavioral therapy. This text then provides an analysis of self-mastery and the role of self-schemata in processing therapeutic information. Other chapters provide clinical guidelines for helping clients in changing their self-view and behavior. This book discusses as well the increasing influential role of fundamental cognition and social cognition in cognitive-behavioral interventions. The final chapter deals with the applied developments in the treatment of performance anxiety. This book is a valuable resource for research and applied psychologists. Researchers and clinicians struggling with the interplay of behavior, cognition, and emotion will also find this book useful.

ContributorsPrefaceContents of VolumeCognitive Schemata and Cognitive Processes in Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions: Going beyond the Information Given I. Going beyond the Information Given II. Cognitive Schemata III. Cognitive Processes IV. The Role of Cognitive Schemata and Cognitive Processes in Maladaptive Behavior of Clients and Clinicians V. Implications of Cognitive Schemata and Cognitive Processes in Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions ReferencesSelf-Schema, Cognitive Bias, and the Processing of Therapeutic Experiences I. The Significance of Self-Mastery II. Self-Efficacy Theory III. Cognitive Psychology and the Processing of Learning Experiences IV. Clinical Guidelines for Changing Self-Schemata V. Relevant Issues and Research Implications VI. Summary ReferencesInterpersonal Problems and Symptoms: A Cognitive Approach I. The Nature of Interpersonal Problems: Identifying Common Problems II. An Inventory of Interpersonal Problems III. Internal Consistency and Temporal Stability of the Inventory IV. Application: Behavior in a Group Discussion V. The Symptom as a Prototype VI. From Symptom to Interpersonal Problems (via the Prototype) VII. Further Interpersonal Inferences from Prototypic Features VIII. Depression: A Broader, More Inclusive Prototype IX. Summary ReferencesA Control-Theory Approach to Human Behavior, and Implications for Problems in Self-Management I. Introduction II. Theory III. Empirical Support IV. Applications of the Model to Specific Problems in Self-Management V. Additional Theoretical Issues VI. Closing Comment ReferencesA Cognitive-Developmental Perspective for Clinical Research and Practice I. Cognitive Development: Search for the Universal Categories of Thought II. Central Themes for Clinical Research and Practice III. Conclusions ReferencesChildren's Talking to Themselves: Its Developmental Significance, Function, and Therapeutic Promise I. Theoretical Perspectives II. The Meaning and Function of Private Speech III. Methodological Considerations IV. Summary and Conclusions ReferencesIssues in Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Performance Anxiety I. Constructs of Anxiety II. Cognitive-Behavioral Treatments of Anxiety III. Component Analyses of Cognitive-Behavioral Treatments IV. Measures of Cognitive Change V. Treatment Parameters VI. Conclusion ReferencesIndex