Solution Focused vs Problem Focused Questions on Affect and Processing Speed among Individuals with Depression
- Title
- Solution Focused vs Problem Focused Questions on Affect and Processing Speed among Individuals with Depression
- Creator
- Koorankot J.; Moosa A.; Froerer A.; Rajan S.K.
- Description
- The present study investigated the effect of solution-focused and problem-focused questions on affect and processing speed in a sample of 60 individuals diagnosed with depression. Participants were equally and randomly assigned to the solution focused question group, problem focused question group, and delayed experimental group. The Beck depression inventory-II was used to assess the severity of depressive symptoms of the participants. The positive and negative affect schedule was used to measure affect. Symbol search and coding were used to measure the processing speed. Solution-focused questions significantly reduced negative affect and improved coding compared to problem-focused questions. Even though there was no significant interaction between the groups in positive affect and symbol search test performance, solution-focused questions caused simple effects in both. Findings imply the scope of solution-focused questions as psychological first aid in intervening depression. Possible long-term effects of solution-focused questions on individuals with depression were discussed. 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
- Source
- Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, Vol-52, No. 4, pp. 347-353.
- Date
- 2022-01-01
- Publisher
- Springer
- Subject
- Affect; Depression; Processing speed; Solution focused brief therapy; Solution focused questions
- Coverage
- Koorankot J., Department of Clinical Psychology, Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IMHANS), Kerala, Kozhikode, 673008, India; Moosa A., Department of Clinical Psychology, Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IMHANS), Kerala, Kozhikode, 673008, India; Froerer A., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Mercer University School of Medicine, Atlanta, 30309, GA, United States; Rajan S.K., Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to Be University), Karnataka, Bangalore, 560029, India
- Rights
- Restricted Access
- Relation
- ISSN: 220116; CODEN: JCPTB
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Article
Collection
Citation
Koorankot J.; Moosa A.; Froerer A.; Rajan S.K., “Solution Focused vs Problem Focused Questions on Affect and Processing Speed among Individuals with Depression,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 24, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/14794.