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Changing the future: An initial test of Future Specificity Training (FeST)
Hallford, D. J.; Yeow, J. J. E.; Fountas, G. et al.
2020In Behaviour Research and Therapy, 131, p. 103638
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Keywords :
Anticipatory pleasure; Episodic future thinking; Future thinking; Mental imagery; Perceived control; Specificity
Abstract :
[en] A range of psychiatric disorders are characterised by impairments in episodic future thinking (EFT), and particularly simulating specific, spatiotemporally-located future events. No study has examined whether training can lead to sustained improvement in specific EFT. In this study, participants (N = 60; M age = 31, SD = 13.2) were randomized to a two-session, group-based future thinking program (Future Specificity Training; FeST) or wait-list. At follow-up the training group, relative to wait-list, showed large, statistically-significant improvements in the ability to mentally simulate specific EFT (d = .82), increases in detail (d = 1.32), use of mental imagery (d = 1.32), anticipated (d = 1.78) and anticipatory pleasure (d = 1.07), perceived control (d = 1.20), and likelihood of occurrence (d = 1.09). Some effects were also observed on positive, generalised future self-states. In the context of inherent limitations of subjective reporting in trials, this study provides evidence that EFT specificity can be enhanced, and the effects of FeST indicate a possible avenue to disrupt psychopathological processes. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
Disciplines :
Treatment & clinical psychology
Author, co-author :
Hallford, D. J.;  School of Psychology, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood, Melbourne, Victoria 3125, Australia
Yeow, J. J. E.;  School of Psychology, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood, Melbourne, Victoria 3125, Australia
Fountas, G.;  School of Psychology, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood, Melbourne, Victoria 3125, Australia
Herrick, C. A.;  School of Psychology, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood, Melbourne, Victoria 3125, Australia
Raes, F.;  Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Tiensestraat 102, Box 3712, Leuven, 3000, Belgium
D'Argembeau, Arnaud  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Département de Psychologie
Language :
English
Title :
Changing the future: An initial test of Future Specificity Training (FeST)
Publication date :
2020
Journal title :
Behaviour Research and Therapy
ISSN :
0005-7967
eISSN :
1873-622X
Publisher :
Elsevier Ltd
Volume :
131
Pages :
103638
Peer reviewed :
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