On gender and TMT-A. The REM-ACT study: Acceptance and commitment therapy versus a mindfulness-based emotional regulation intervention in anxiety disorders. A randomized controlled trial
Introduction There is paucity of empirical studies which compare various mindfulness-based interventions on speed of visuomotor tracking and also analyse the differential effect of gender. Objectives To compare the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) versus a Mindfulness-bas...
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| author | E. Vidal-Bermejo E. Fernández-Jiménez T. Castellanos-Villaverde I. Torrea-Araiz G. Navarro-Oliver A. Hospital-Moreno |
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Introduction
There is paucity of empirical studies which compare various mindfulness-based interventions on speed of visuomotor tracking and also analyse the differential effect of gender.
Objectives
To compare the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) versus a Mindfulness-based Emotional Regulation (MER) intervention on speed of visuomotor tracking according to gender.
Methods
This study was carried out in a Mental Health Unit in Spain (Colmenar Viejo, Madrid). Firstly, 80 adult patients with anxiety disorders were randomized according to the score on the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II (blocking factor), of whom, 64 patients decided to participate (mean age = 40.66, S.D. = 11.43; 40 females). Each intervention was weekly, during 8 weeks, guided by two Clinical Psychology residents. A 2x2x2 mixed ANOVA (pre-post change x intervention type x gender) was conducted, with Sidak-correction post-hoc tests. The dependent variable was the score on TMT-A.
Results
Normality and homoscedasticity assumptions were met. No statistically significant differences were observed on age or gender between interventions. No statistically significant interaction effect was observed between pre-post change x intervention x gender on TMT-A [F(1, 52) = 2.867, p = .096, statistical power observed = 38.3%]. However, simple effects were statistically significant: while males improved on TMT-A after MER (p = .000; Cohen’s d = 1.092), females did so after ACT (p = .000; Cohen’s d = 1.506).
Conclusions
These results show that gender moderates the improvement of the two mindfulness-based interventions examined on the speed of visuomotor tracking. More research is needed to confirm these findings.
Disclosure
No significant relationships.
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| spelling | doaj.art-94e6fb5d61bc4e659edc414d69d942382023-11-17T05:07:37ZengCambridge University PressEuropean Psychiatry0924-93381778-35852021-04-0164S788S78810.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.2084On gender and TMT-A. The REM-ACT study: Acceptance and commitment therapy versus a mindfulness-based emotional regulation intervention in anxiety disorders. A randomized controlled trialE. Vidal-Bermejo0E. Fernández-Jiménez1T. Castellanos-Villaverde2I. Torrea-Araiz3G. Navarro-Oliver4A. Hospital-Moreno5Department Of Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology And Mental Health, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, SpainIdipaz, Department Of Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology And Mental Health, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, SpainDepartment Of Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology And Mental Health, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, SpainDepartment Of Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology And Mental Health, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, SpainDepartment Of Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology And Mental Health, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, SpainDepartment Of Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology And Mental Health, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain Introduction There is paucity of empirical studies which compare various mindfulness-based interventions on speed of visuomotor tracking and also analyse the differential effect of gender. Objectives To compare the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) versus a Mindfulness-based Emotional Regulation (MER) intervention on speed of visuomotor tracking according to gender. Methods This study was carried out in a Mental Health Unit in Spain (Colmenar Viejo, Madrid). Firstly, 80 adult patients with anxiety disorders were randomized according to the score on the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II (blocking factor), of whom, 64 patients decided to participate (mean age = 40.66, S.D. = 11.43; 40 females). Each intervention was weekly, during 8 weeks, guided by two Clinical Psychology residents. A 2x2x2 mixed ANOVA (pre-post change x intervention type x gender) was conducted, with Sidak-correction post-hoc tests. The dependent variable was the score on TMT-A. Results Normality and homoscedasticity assumptions were met. No statistically significant differences were observed on age or gender between interventions. No statistically significant interaction effect was observed between pre-post change x intervention x gender on TMT-A [F(1, 52) = 2.867, p = .096, statistical power observed = 38.3%]. However, simple effects were statistically significant: while males improved on TMT-A after MER (p = .000; Cohen’s d = 1.092), females did so after ACT (p = .000; Cohen’s d = 1.506). Conclusions These results show that gender moderates the improvement of the two mindfulness-based interventions examined on the speed of visuomotor tracking. More research is needed to confirm these findings. Disclosure No significant relationships. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933821020848/type/journal_articleMindfulness-based Emotional Regulationspeed of visuomotor trackingacceptance and commitment therapyrandomized controlled trial |
| spellingShingle | E. Vidal-Bermejo E. Fernández-Jiménez T. Castellanos-Villaverde I. Torrea-Araiz G. Navarro-Oliver A. Hospital-Moreno On gender and TMT-A. The REM-ACT study: Acceptance and commitment therapy versus a mindfulness-based emotional regulation intervention in anxiety disorders. A randomized controlled trial European Psychiatry Mindfulness-based Emotional Regulation speed of visuomotor tracking acceptance and commitment therapy randomized controlled trial |
| title | On gender and TMT-A. The REM-ACT study: Acceptance and commitment therapy versus a mindfulness-based emotional regulation intervention in anxiety disorders. A randomized controlled trial |
| title_full | On gender and TMT-A. The REM-ACT study: Acceptance and commitment therapy versus a mindfulness-based emotional regulation intervention in anxiety disorders. A randomized controlled trial |
| title_fullStr | On gender and TMT-A. The REM-ACT study: Acceptance and commitment therapy versus a mindfulness-based emotional regulation intervention in anxiety disorders. A randomized controlled trial |
| title_full_unstemmed | On gender and TMT-A. The REM-ACT study: Acceptance and commitment therapy versus a mindfulness-based emotional regulation intervention in anxiety disorders. A randomized controlled trial |
| title_short | On gender and TMT-A. The REM-ACT study: Acceptance and commitment therapy versus a mindfulness-based emotional regulation intervention in anxiety disorders. A randomized controlled trial |
| title_sort | on gender and tmt a the rem act study acceptance and commitment therapy versus a mindfulness based emotional regulation intervention in anxiety disorders a randomized controlled trial |
| topic | Mindfulness-based Emotional Regulation speed of visuomotor tracking acceptance and commitment therapy randomized controlled trial |
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