The aim of this study was to explore the effect a coloring condition had on minimizing anxiety and stress experienced daily by veterans. The effect that coloring had on working memory was also explored. A sample of 24 armed forces veterans were split into two coloring conditions, a mandala and a free draw condition, and asked to complete the Primary Care PTSD Screen, the Perceived Stress Scale and the Brief State Trait Anxiety Inventory. Working memory scores were established via a Backward Digit Recall task; pre-and posttest scores were evaluated for significant differences. Our research suggests the act of coloring, not the coloring condition, resulted in significant decreases in stress and anxiety and an increase in working memory. We also found that participants who suffer from PTSD displayed significant decreases in stress and anxiety and significant increases in working memory when compared to individuals without PTSD.

Endometrios är en vanlig gynekologisk problematik som ofta är smärtsam. Trots att flera studier påpekar hög prevalens av psykiatrisk komorbiditet bland kvinnor med endometrios och att psykoterapeutiska och psykologiska insatser förordas så finns mycket lite forskning kring psykologisk behandling vid endometrios. Den här studien var explorativ och undersökte kvantitativa effekter och kvalitativa detaljer från tre fallstudier av kognitiv beteendeterapi vid smärtsam endometrios. Behandlingen innehöll fyra behandlingsmoment; psyko-edukation, fallformulering, beteendeförändring/exponering samt mindfulness och gavs i komprimerad form vid fem behandlingssessioner. Behandlingarna föll väl ut och fick positiva utvärderingar av samtliga patienter. Resultaten var blandade men vissa förbättringar kunde ses. En patient hade i slutet av studien ökad livskvalitet, sänkt nedstämdhet, minskad katastrofiering, ökad aktivitet och sänkt funktionsnedsättning. Den andra patienten beskrev behandlingen positivt men fick få utslag i mätningar utöver tendens till minskad katastrofiering. I slutet av studien färgades hennes mätningar av förändrat hälsotillstånd, som antagligen överskuggade eventuella positiva effekter av behandlingen. Den tredje patienten hade svårigheter med att följa behandlingsplanen och hade en varierande funktionsnivå. Problem uppstod kring hennes mätresultat men de visade tendens till ökad livskvalitet, minskad katastrofiering och minskad funktionsnedsättning. Resultaten ses som lovande och ytterligare utveckling av kognitiv beteendeterapeutisk behandling vid smärtsam endometrios föreslås. / Endometriosis is a common gynecological disorder which is often painful. Dispite several studies remarking on the high prevelence of psychiatric comorbidity among women with endometriosis, and that psychological treatments are recommended, there is very little research of psychological treatment of endometriosis. This study was explorative and investigated quantitative effects and qualitative details from three case studies of cognitive behavioural therapy for painful endometriosis. The treatment contained four components: psychoeducation, case formulation, behavioural change/exposure, and mindfulness. The treatment was given in a short form of five sessions. The treatments went well and reseaved positive evalutations from all patients. The results were mixed, but some improvements were noticed. One patient had at the end of the study elevated life quality, reduced depression, reduced catastrophizing, increased activity and reduced disability. The second patient described the treatment positively, but showed few changes apart from tendency to reduced catastrophizing. At the end of the study her results were affected by changes in her physical condition, which probably overshadowed any positive results from the treatment. The third patient had difficulties with following the treatment plan, and had a variable level of functioning. Problems arose with her measures, but the measures showed tendency to improved life quality, reduced catastophizing and reduced disability. The results of the study are promising and further development of cognitive behavioural therapy for painful endometriosis are suggested.

PDT, psykodynamisk psykoterapi, och KBT, kognitiv beteendeterapi, är idag de dominerande psykoterapiinriktningarna i Sverige. Metoderna har i olika skeden rekommenderats av myndigheter och meningsmotsättningar om vilken metod som är mest lämplig har förekommit. Följande studie avsåg att utforska hur sex intervjuade KBT-psykoterapeuter samarbetar med sina PDT-kollegor och utifrån patienters behov eventuellt överväger PDT. En induktiv tematisk analys tillämpades där psykoterapeuterna beskrev upplevelsen av samarbete med PDT-terapeuter i termer av ett positivt dynamiskt utbyte samtsom en negativ upplevelse av fördomsfullt bemötande från PDT-terapeuter och mindre metodologiskt utbyte. Bilden av PDT som komplementär metod hos de intervjuade KBT-psykoterapeuterna speglade ambivalens kring PDT:s effektivitet och användbarhet. Alliansens kvalitet beskrevs som avgörande för om byte sker till PDT-kollega under pågående KBT-behandling. Studiens resultat jämfördes med en tidigare enkätstudie i vilken gruppsykologiska mekanismer antagits påverka samarbetet mellan terapeuter av olika metodinriktning.En tentativ beskrivning ges av processen bakom dessa gruppmekanismer.

The aim of this thesis is to fill the research gap between marketing and community-based tourism, with using the Stakeholder Theory as intermediary. For this purpose, it is analyzed how the Stakeholder Theory can contribute to improve the marketing of community-based tourism. The online marketing approaches of destinations, community- based tourism providers, associations and Tour Operators in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan towards the international market are investigated. The platforms were analyzed in May and August 2021. A qualitative thematic content analysis of the used distribution channels (websites and social media) is conducted. Based on the results of each country, a cross-national analysis is performed. The outcomes of the study indicate that all countries have potential to improve their marketing concepts, as well as their approaches towards sustainability and collaboration. A few actors were identified, which can serve as example. The overall result shows that a well-implemented Stakeholder Theory, which is comprised of networks at different levels, can empower individual service providers, and therefore contribute to strengthen the online appearance of different actors, including those offering community-based tourism products.

Antenatal depression (depression under graviditeten) drabbar 10–20% av gravida och innebär risker för både den gravida och barnet. Forskning visar att internetbaserad kognitiv beteendeterapi (IKBT) tycks vara effektivt jämfört med sedvanlig mödravård. Uppsatsen var en sambands- och prediktionsstudie som genomfördes inom den randomiserade DANA-studien för IKBT vid antenatal depression. En inomgruppsdesign med upprepade mätningar tillämpades där 40 kvinnor med antenatal depression deltog. Syftet var att undersöka (a) patientnöjdhet med bedömningssamtalet i relation till behandlingsföljsamhet, avhopp och minskning av depressionssymtom under IKBTbehandlingen, samt (b) jämföra förändring i depressionssymtom mot två tidigare studier. Resultatet visade att en högre patientnöjdhet med bedömningssamtalet signifikant predicerade en mindre minskning av depressionssymtom mellan screening och förmätning. Inga signifikanta samband hittades mellan patientnöjdhet med bedömningssamtalet och behandlingsföljsamhet eller avhopp. Slutsatser bör dras med stor försiktighet utifrån metodologiska begränsningar. Resultatet visade även att depressionssymtom jämfört med förmätningen signifikant minskade från andra veckomätningen i behandlingen till och med eftermätningen vecka tio. Detta bekräftade tidigare studiers resultat. Framtida randomiserade prövningar kan ge underlag till utvecklingen av bedömningssamtal och IKBT mot antenatal depression. / Antenatal depression (depression during pregnancy) affects 10–20% of pregnant women and involves risks for both the pregnant woman and the child. Research shows that internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (ICBT) seems to be effective compared to conventional maternity care. The thesis was a correlational predictive study that was conducted within the randomized DANAstudy for ICBT during antenatal depression. An in-group design with repeated measurements was applied in which 40 women with antenatal depression participated. The purpose was to examine (a) patient-satisfaction with the assessment interview in relation to adherence, dropouts and remissionof depressive symptoms during ICBT treatment, and (b) compare changes in depressive symptoms against two previous studies. The result showed that a higher patient-satisfaction with the assessment interview significantly predicted a lesser reduction of depressive symptoms between screening and pre-measurement. No significant correlations were found between patient-satisfaction with the assessment interview and treatment adherence or dropouts. Conclusions should be drawn with great caution based on methodological limitations. The result also showed that depressive symptoms compared with the pre-measurement decreased significantly from the second weekly measurement in the treatment until the post-measurement week ten. This confirmed the results of previous studies. Future randomized trials may provide a basis for the development of assessment interviews and ICBT for antenatal depression.

I Sverige drabbas ca 10 - 20% av kvinnor av depression under graviditeten eller efter förlossningen. Då tidigare forskning har gett indikationer på att depression kan ha en negativ inverkan på prenatal anknytning och mamma-barn bindning, är syftet med uppsatsen att undersöka detta hos mammor som genomgått internetbaserad kognitiv beteendeterapi (IKBT) för antenatal depression.  Denna uppsats skrevs i samarbete med den randomiserade DANA-studien om IKBT för gravida med depression. Uppsatsen var en prediktions- och sambandsstudie som tillämpar en inomgruppsdesign med tre mättillfällen; före och efter IKBT behandling samt postpartum.  Syftet med uppsatsen var bland annat att undersöka vilka faktorer som förutsäger mamma-barn bindning 8–10 veckor postpartum, samband mellan prenatal anknytning och behandlingsutfall samt samband mellan förändring i depression och förändring i prenatal anknytning under behandlingen. Resultatet indikerar att tidigare missfall samt prenatal anknytning före och efter behandlingen, kunde förutsäga mamma-barn bindning 8-10 veckor postpartum. Prenatal anknytning var inte en signifikant prediktor för förändring i depressionsnivå. Slutligen indikerar resultatet ett signifikant samband mellan förändring i prenatal anknytning samt förändring i depression före och efter behandlingen. / In Sweden, about 10-20% of women suffer from depression during pregnancy or after childbirth. As previous research has given indications that depression can have a negative impact on prenatal attachment and mother-infant bonding, the aim of the essay is to investigate this in mothers who underwent internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (ICBT) for antenatal depression. This paper was written in collaboration with the DANA randomized trial of ICBT for pregnant women with depression. The design was a prediction and correlation study that applies a within-group design with three measurement occasions: before and after ICBT treatment and 8-10 weeks after childbirth. The purpose of the essay was, among other things, to investigate which factors predict mother-infant bonding 8–10 weeks postpartum, the relationship between prenatal attachment and treatment outcome, and the relationship between change in depression and change in prenatal attachment during treatment. The results indicate that previous miscarriages and prenatal attachment before and after treatment could predict mother-child bonding 8-10 weeks postpartum. Prenatal attachment was not a significant predictor of change in depression level. Finally, the results indicate a significant relationship between change in prenatal attachment and change in depression before and after treatment.

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The fields of psychology and rhetoric share the goal of improving human mental health and behavior through persuasion. This thesis traces the history of rhetoric and psychology theory, focusing on the parallel theories of Nienkamp's internal rhetoric and Herman's dialogical self. Both theories model the human mind as having multiple psyches that actively interact to interpret human experience and project human behavior. I conclude with a case study of anorexic patients using ethos, pathos, and logos in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), arguing that principles of rhetoric can help patients with mental disorders cognitively realign their thinking more effectively than drug treatments can.

Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht allusives Sprechen in psychotherapeutischen Gesprächen, wobei es um verdeckt angedeutete Kritik am Therapeuten geht. Über Allusionsmarker, die ein Wort oder Wortgruppen bilden, wird innerhalb eines Kontextes auf einen anderen verwiesen. Die vorliegende Arbeit legt den Fokus insbesondere auf beziehungskommentierende Allusionen. Dies sind verdeckt geäußerte Kommentare, die den Rezipienten der Allusion adressieren. In Politik, im Flirten, in Klatschgesprächen oder Bestechungen wird von jener sprachlichen Praktik, deren Ressource Ambiguität ist, Gebrauch gemacht. Dies sind sozial heikle Situationen, in denen das Ansehen des einen vom Urteil des anderen abhängt. Anhand detaillierter Transkripte aus Verhaltenstherapie, tiefenpsychologisch fundierter Psychotherapie und Psychoanalyse wird gezeigt, wie eine verdeckt kritische Kommentierung des Patienten einer frustrierenden Interaktionserfahrung folgt. Die Kommentierung wird anhand eines Narrativs realisiert, welches Allusionsmarker beinhaltet, die auf den aktuellen Kontext verweisen. Die sich daran anschließenden Äußerungen der Therapeuten zeigen, dass jene die beziehungskommentierende Funktion des Narrativs verstehen. Dennoch wird die Bedeutung dessen weiter ambig verhandelt. Mit der aus der Ethnomethodologie, Soziologie und Linguistik stammenden Methode der Konversationsanalyse (KA) wird der Interaktionsverlauf zwischen Patienten und Therapeuten detailliert untersucht, Erkenntnisse abgeleitet und anhand von Transkriptfragmenten dargestellt. Dabei wird deutlich, dass die Interaktionshistorie der Interaktanten in einen Redezug und dessen Interpretation mit einfließt. Wenn psychotherapeutische Theorie und Praxis für solche Phänomene offen sind, können sowohl beziehungsrelevante Äußerungen erkannt werden als auch Äußerungen, die nicht intrasubjektiv, sondern durch die aktuelle Szene der Konversation bestimmt sind, die von den Interaktanten kokonstruiert wird. / This paper examines allusive speaking in psychotherapeutic conversations, with a focus on covertly insinuated criticism of the therapist. Allusion markers, which form a word or groups of words, are used to refer to another context. The present work focuses in particular on allusions that comment on relationships. These are hidden comments that address the recipient of the allusion. In politics, in flirting, in gossip or bribery, the linguistic practice whose resource is ambiguity is used. These are socially delicate situations in which the reputation of one depends on the judgement of the other. Using detailed transcripts from behavioural therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy (tiefenpsychologisch fundiert is a special modification of psychoanalysis in Germany) and psychoanalysis, the book shows how a covertly critical commentary by the patient follows a frustrating interaction experience. The commentary is realized by means of a narrative that contains allusion markers that refer to the current context. The subsequent statements of the therapists show that they understand the relationship-commenting function of the narrative. Nevertheless, the meaning of the narrative continues to be ambiguously negotiated. With the method of conversation analysis (CA), which originates from ethnomethodology, sociology and linguistics, the course of interaction between patients and therapists is examined in detail, findings are derived and presented using transcript fragments. It becomes clear that the interaction history of the interactants is incorporated into utterances and its interpretation. If psychotherapeutic theory and practice are open to such phenomena can be recognized: Relationship-relevant utterances and utterances that are not intrasubjective but determined by the current scene of the conversation that is co-constructed by the interactants.

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