Abstract:
ABSTRACT
The current study was designed to explore the difference in the level of coping
strategies, rumination and psychological distress among adults by the implication of
Rumination Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (RFCBT). It was hypothesized that
rumination will be reduced after application of the therapy. Secondly, it was
hypothesized that coping strategies will be improved. Thirdly, it was hypothesized that
psychological distress will decrease after application of intervention. After screening a
population of 100 adult participants, 60 participants (having high scores on rumination
scale) were allocated to experimental and control groups, using randomization. Training
and techniques of RFCBT were applied to experimental group. And the control group
didn’t receive any treatment. Research was conducted in pre, post and follow-up phases.
Assessments were done in all these phases using Self Critical Rumination Scale (Smart,
L. M., Peters, J. R., & Baer, R. A. 2016), Brief COPE Inventory (Carver et al. 1997) and
Kessler Psychological Distress scale (Kessler et al., 2002). Analysis including
Descriptive statistics, Reliability Analysis, Paired Sample T test, Multivariate Analysis
of variance and Post Hoc Analysis of variance was carried out. All the hypotheses were
proved with significance in the results. Results of the study showed that there was a
highly significant difference in pre, post and follow-up scores of experimental groups
on all variables (Rumination, Problem Focused Coping, Emotion Focused Coping and
Avoidant Coping) after application of intervention. There was significant difference in
the score on all the variables for the control group. The results of the experimental and
controls groups showed that this intervention in successful in reducing rumination, improving coping strategies and reducing psychological distress in adults. This study is
itself the first attempt to implement Rumination Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy to
study the levels of Coping strategies, Rumination and Psychological distress, and may
have important implications in mental health programs in society.
