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01-10-2018 | Original Paper

Religious versus Conventional Internet-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression

Authors: Bogdan Tudor Tulbure, Gerhard Andersson, Nastasia Sălăgean, Michelle Pearce, Harold G. Koenig

Published in: Journal of Religion and Health | Issue 5/2018

Abstract

The accessibility and efficacy of two Internet-supported interventions for depression: conventional cognitive behavioral therapy (C-CBT) and religious CBT (R-CBT) were investigated. Depressed participants (N = 79) were randomly assigned to either active treatment or wait-listed control group. Self-report measures of depression, anxiety, and life quality were collected before, immediately after, and 6 months after the intervention. Significant differences among the three conditions emerged at post-intervention with medium to large effect sizes (Cohen’s d between 0.45 and 1.89), but no differences between the R-CBT and C-CBT were found. However, the addition of religious components to CBT contributed to the initial treatment appeal for religious participants, thus increasing the treatment accessibility.

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Title: Religious versus Conventional Internet-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression
Authors: Bogdan Tudor Tulbure
Gerhard Andersson
Nastasia Sălăgean
Michelle Pearce
Harold G. Koenig
Publication date: 01-10-2018
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Religion and Health / Issue 5/2018
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-017-0503-0

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