Goal-Focused Emotion-Regulation Therapy (GET) in Young Adult Testicular Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Pilot Study.
Ann Behav Med
; 57(9): 777-786, 2023 08 21.
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Young adult testicular cancer survivors experience adverse impacts after treatment. Goal-focused Emotion-regulation Therapy (GET) was developed to improve distress symptoms, emotion regulation, and goal navigation skills. The aim of this pilot study was to examine GET versus a control intervention in young adult survivors of testicular cancer. Seventy-five survivors were randomly assigned to GET or Individual Supportive Listening (ISL). Indictors of acceptability, engagement, and tolerability were examined, and intervention fidelity and therapeutic alliance were compared between groups. Between-group changes in primary (anxiety and depressive symptoms) and secondary (career confusion, goal navigation, and emotion regulation) outcomes from baseline to immediately and 3-month post-intervention were examined. Among GET participants, 81.1% completed all study sessions compared with 82.4% of those receiving ISL. Fidelity to the intervention was 87% in GET. Therapeutic alliance scores were significantly higher among those receiving GET. Participants exhibited greater reductions in depressive and anxiety symptoms for those in the GET versus ISL, with a similar pattern observed for changes at 3 months for depressive and anxiety symptoms. GET is a feasible and acceptable intervention for reducing adverse outcomes after testicular cancer for young adults.
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01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Testicular Neoplasms
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Emotional Regulation
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Ann Behav Med
Journal subject:
CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO
Year:
2023
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States