Trial reportGeneral hospital psychiatry
Ambivalence over emotional expression and perceived social constraints as moderators of relaxation training and emotional awareness and expression training for irritable bowel syndrome.
Trial report in General hospital psychiatry. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05014126 (Online "Pain, Stress & Emotions" Class in Chronic Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.
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Online "Pain, Stress & Emotions" Class in Chronic Pain: Single-arm Efficacy Test
Who cites it
4 citing papers in PubMed.
- Associations Between Childhood Adversity and Pain in Breast Cancer Survivors.Biopsychosocial science and medicine · 2026Article
- Exposure-based cognitive behavioral therapy with complementary awareness and emotional expression training for alleviating irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).Gastroenterology and hepatology from bed to bench · 2024Article
- Expressive writing to combat distress associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in people with inflammatory bowel disease (WriteForIBD): A trial protocol.Journal of psychosomatic research · 2020Article
- Predictors of Psychological Outcomes and the Effectiveness and Experience of Psychological Interventions for Adult Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain: A Scoping Review.Journal of pain research · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivePsychological treatments are generally beneficial for patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), but patients' responses vary. A prior randomized controlled trial found that both relaxation training (RT) and emotional awareness and expression training (EAET) were superior to a waitlist control condition for IBS symptoms, quality of life, depression, and anxiety among IBS patients (Thakur et al., 2017).
methodWe conducted secondary analyses on these data to examine potential moderators of treatment outcomes. Baseline measures of patients' ambivalence over emotional expression and perceived social constraints, which have been hypothesized to influence some treatments, were tested as possible moderators of the effects of RT and EAET, compared to the control condition.
resultsResults indicated that these variables moderated the effects of RT but not EAET. The benefits of RT occurred for patients who reported higher ambivalence over emotional expression or perceived social constraints, whereas the benefits of EAET were not influenced by these factors.
conclusionThese findings suggest that RT might be particularly helpful for people who tend to avoid emotional disclosure and expression, supporting the possible benefit of targeting treatments to patient characteristics and preferences, whereas EAET might be helpful for a broader range of patients with IBS.
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