3. Problem solving, Behavioral activation and Cognitive-behavioral perspective on depression.
Intervention strategies were weighted heavily toward self-management, including cognitive (goal setting, identification of barriers and problem solving), behavioral (self-monitoring through use of pedometers & log-books, use of environmental cues), and environmental (phone coach support, development and leverage of social support) strategies.
Like others (17 20), we used a measure of self-efficacy to operationalize behavioral skills because of the impracticality of observing one's skills across situations and the high correlations between actual and perceived skills, but objective skills or factors that might serve as proxies (e.g., problem-solving) for behavioral skills may operate differently.
Concurrently children receive individually tailored behavioral interventions, focusing on problem-solving skills and prosocial behavior.
Guided by a semistructured protocol that focuses on behavioral goals, coaches provides support, collaborative problem-solving, and apply basic cognitive-behavioral techniques.
This study evaluates two Internet-based treatments for depression, namely cognitive behavioral therapy and problem-solving therapy.
The trained skills include social and coping skills, problem solving strategies, behavioral goal setting, adjustment of activities of daily living, and keeping a balance between activity and rest.
Fluid intelligence (fluid IQ), defined as the capacity for rapid problem solving and behavioral adaptation, is known to be modulated by learning and experience.
This construct includes cognitive control processes such as planning, regulation of attention (resistance to distraction), decision making, working memory, problem solving, and behavioral control (impulse control, initiation and monitoring of action, including self-monitoring, and shifting from task to task) (Arnsten and Li 2005; Mitchell and Phillips 2007).
