Gender differences in usage and subjective appreciation of an online cognitive-behavioral therapy for wildfire evacuees: Descriptive study. Clinical psychology, clinical applications of cyberpsychology and virtual reality for mental disorders
Scholarly article / Open access Background: Based on the most common psychological difficulties of the evacuees from the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfires in Alberta, Canada, a therapist-guided cognitive behavioral self-treatment was developed. This study aimed to explore how gender influences the usage...
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| Language: | English |
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2022
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/9455 https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/22/6649 |
| Summary: | Scholarly article / Open access Background: Based on the most common psychological difficulties of the evacuees from the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfires in Alberta, Canada, a therapist-guided cognitive behavioral self-treatment was developed. This study aimed to explore how gender influences the usage and subjective appreciation of the RESILIENT online treatment. Methods: Our study included 81 English-speaking evacuees with significant posttraumatic symptoms, or with some posttraumatic symptoms accompanied by at least mild depression symptoms or subclinical insomnia, and who logged into the platform at least once. Various usage and subjective appreciation variables were analyzed, including number of completed sessions, number of logins, number of words per session, perceived efforts, perception of usefulness and intention to continue using the different strategies. Results: No difference was detected in most objective usage indicators. The number of words written in sessions 7 and 10 was significantly greater for women than for men. Regarding subjective appreciation, men had a greater perception of having put strong efforts in the cognitive restructuring strategy, while women reported in a greater proportion that they wanted to continue using physical exercise as a behavioral activation strategy. Conclusions: Our study offers a first look into how women and men use online treatments, and what their preferences are. __Funding:__ This study was funded by a grant from the Operating Grant: Health Effects of the Alberta Wildfires program, supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Alberta Innovates, and the Canadian Red Cross (#381288). ÉB holds a doctoral scholarship from Fonds de Recherche Québec–Santé (#272634) and a master-level award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships, #288256). |
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