The Brief Intervention Effect of Metaphorical Cognitive Restructuring on Alleviating Mental Distress: A Randomised Controlled Experiment

摘要: BACKGROUND Metaphors may provide clarity or identify hidden similarities between two ideas, and their use in cognitive restructuring can help maximise the effect of therapy information. This study aimed to determine whether metaphorical would produce a greater intervention targeted mood cognition than non-metaphorical restructuring. METHODS Eighty-eight participants chose 25 problems interest wrote self-report distress problem were then randomly divided into group (N = 29), literal 30), no restating 29). Participants first read description psychological ("problem") solution within one micro-counseling scenario. They asked evaluate insightfulness during evaluated mental self-efficacy before after intervention. RESULTS The significantly decreased Further, this had intervention, could predict reduction negative affect CONCLUSIONS metaphors be great value eliciting salient process alleviating distress.