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Grahn, J. (2015). Stress - a FACT of life? : En explorativ studie om Fokuserad Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

APA Citation

Grahn, J. (2015). Stress - a FACT of life? : En explorativ studie om Fokuserad Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Dissertation: Mittuniversitetet. Retrieved from https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-25550

Publication Topic
ACT: Empirical
Publication Type
Dissertation
Language
Swedish
Keyword(s)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Korttidsintervention, Stress, Psykisk ohälsa, FACT, KBT
Abstract

Psykologisk behandling är en bristvara inom den svenska primärvården idag. Bristen på psykologisk behandling kan angripas på flera olika sätt, som att öka antalet psykologer i primärvården eller att effektivisera behandlingsmodeller genom exempelvis kortare behandlingar, gruppbehandlingar samt behandlingar via internet. Studiens syfte var att utforska om en korttidsintervention baserad på Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, FACT, ger effekter på självskattad stress, psykisk ohälsa, psykologisk flexibilitet samt livskvalité. Studien är en explorativ studie som utformades som en multiple baseline design med tre betingelser; en veckas baslinje, tre veckors baslinje och fem veckors baslinje. Utöver single-case designen adderades även en inomgrupps-utvärdering av samtliga deltagares (n=6) förändring mellan pre-, post- och uppföljningsmätning på de beroende variablerna. Resultatet visade signifikanta skillnader mellan pre-, post- och uppföljningsmätningar för generell psykisk ohälsa, depression, ångest och stress. Vidare kunde inga signifikanta resultat utrönas för livskvalité eller psykologisk flexibilitet. De visuella analyserna av multiple-baseline skattningarna visade på tendenser i önskad riktning, men var något oklara, varför kausala samband inte kan fastställas. Dessa tendenser är dock intressanta och bör utforskas vidare genom randomiserade kontrollerade studier.

Psychological treatment is scarce in the Swedish primary care today. The lack of psychological treatment can be addressed in several ways, such as increasing the number of psychologists in primary care and increasing the efficiency of treatment models by, for example, developing shorter therapies, group therapies and treatments via the internet. The aim of the present study was to explore the effects of a short-term intervention based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, FACT, on self-rated stress, general mental health, psychological flexibility and quality of life. This exploratory study was designed as a concurrent multiple baseline design with three conditions: one-week baseline, three-week baseline and five-week baseline. In addition to the single-case design a within-group evaluation of all participants (n = 6) was conducted. The results showed significant differences between pre, post and follow-up measures of general mental health, depression, anxiety and stress. Further, no significant results were found for the quality of life or psychological flexibility measurements. The visual analysis of the multiple-baseline data showed tendencies in the desired direction, but was somewhat unclear, and therefore the causality can not be definitely determined. These results are interesting and should be further explored by randomized controlled trials