This Austrian study of 52 residents from 4 AL communities examined an 8-week dialectical behavioral therapy skills training intervention’s effects on residents’ self-efficacy, goal attainment, and psychological distress. Goal attainment and psychological distress scores showed initial improvement, but they were not statistically significant and did not further improve at follow-up, meaning that the intervention may need to be better adapted to the AL setting to be effective.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Training in Assisted Living: Transdiagnostic Effects on Goal Attainment, Self-Efficacy, and Symptom Severity
This Austrian study of 52 residents from 4 AL communities examined an 8-week dialectical behavioral therapy skills training intervention's effects on residents' self-efficacy, goal attainment, and psychological distress. Goal attainment and psychological distress scores showed initial improvement, but they were not statistically significant and did not further improve at follow-up, meaning that the intervention may need to be better adapted to the AL setting to be effective.
