The central goal of communications family therapy is to:
a. increase family members' insight.
b. support the individuation of family members.
c. interrupt dysfunctional double binds.
d. prescribing the symptom.
Q. 2Similar to Freud's emphasis on self-analysis for the therapist's ability to conduct psychoanalysis, which family therapist viewed the therapist's resolution of emotional reactivity in their own family as critical to the effective application of his approach?
a. Salvador Minuchin c. Donald Jackson
b. Murray Bowen d. Virginia Satir
Q. 3The text authors suggest that from a psychoanalytic perspective, third-wave therapies have:
a. simply repackaged the analytic notion of internal conflict.
b. comparable views on the nature and function of anxiety.
c. rediscovered the value of free association.
d. reaffirmed that interpretation of defenses requires an accepting, nonjudgmental approach.
Q. 4A meta-analysis of 10 RCTs applying MBSR or ACT to control groups for chronic pain (Veehoff et al., 2011) showed:
a. small effect sizes for pain and depression.
b. moderate effect sizes for pain and depression.
c. large effect sizes for pain and depression.
d. no substantial differences.
Q. 5Hoffman and colleagues' (2010) meta-analysis of 39 MBSR and MBCT studies showed that the effect of mindfulness-based interventions on anxiety and mood symptoms was:
a. small when all groups were considered, but medium for specific anxiety and depression groups.
b. moderate when all groups were considered, but large for specific anxiety and depression groups.
c. equivalently moderate across all clinical groups or diagnoses.
d. non-significant in pain/medical groups, but moderate in anxiety and depression groups.
Q. 6Chen and colleagues' (2012) meta-analysis of meditative therapies found that studies conducted in Eastern countries (India, China, Japan) compared to Western countries showed:
a. smaller effect sizes. c. larger effect sizes.
b. equivalent effect sizes. d. less methodological rigor.
Q. 7In a meta-analysis of 36 RCTs using meditative therapies compared to alternative treatments for medical patients with anxiety as a secondary concern, Chen and colleagues (2012) found:
a. a small but significant between-group effect size difference (>.20).
b. a moderate between-group effect size difference (>.50).
c. a large between-group effect size difference (>.80).
d. no significant differences between treatment groups.
Q. 8Meta-analyses of DBT applied to multiple disorders shows that DBT:
a. does no better or worse than other established treatments.
b. on average, produces small effect sizes when compared to no treatment control groups.
c. patients improve about as much as those patients not receiving any treatment.
d. has limited support as an evidence-based treatment despite widespread use.
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