TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Zinken, Jörg
A1  - Zinken, Katarzyna
A1  - Wilson, J. Clare
A1  - Butler, Lisa
A1  - Skinner, Timothy
T1  - Analysis of syntax and word use to predict successful participation in guided self-help for anxiety and depression
JF  - Psychiatry Research
N2  - This study investigated whether an analysis of narrative style (word use and cross-clausal syntax) of patients with symptoms of generalised anxiety and depression disorders can help predict the likelihood of successful participation in guided self-help. Texts by 97 people who had made contact with a primary care mental health service were analysed. Outcome measures were completion of the guided self-help programme, and change in symptoms assessed by a standardised scale (CORE-OM). Regression analyses indicated that some aspects of participants' syntax helped to predict completion of the programme, and that aspects of syntax and word use helped to predict improvement of symptoms. Participants using non-finite complement clauses with above-average frequency were four times more likely to complete the programme (95% confidence interval 1.4 to 11.7) than other participants. Among those who completed, the use of causation words and complex syntax (adverbial clauses) predicted improvement, accounting for 50% of the variation in well-being benefit. These results suggest that the analysis of narrative style can provide useful information for assessing the likelihood of success of individuals participating in a mental health guided self-help programme.
KW  - Guided self-help
KW  - Anxiety
KW  - Depression
KW  - Syntax
KW  - Language
KW  - Depression
KW  - Sprache
KW  - Syntax
KW  - Angst
KW  - Selbsthilfe
Y1  - 2010
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-56173
SN  - 0165-1781
SS  - 0165-1781
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2010.04.011
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2010.04.011
N1  - Dieser Beitrag ist aus urheberrechtlichen Gründen nicht frei zugänglich.
Due to copyright reasons the full-text of the article is not freely accessible.
VL  - 179
IS  - 2
SP  - 181
EP  - 186
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -