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Angeles, California, USA
One of the factors that limit the effectiveness of current clinical behavioral medicine treatment is
the modality specific approach. The UCLA Behavioral Medicine Clinic has developed an
integrated protocol that combines a comprehensive, psychophysiological assessment, with a
behavioral change focus, outcome and time limited based treatment plan, and clinical application
of physiological, behavioral, affective and cognitive interventions. The presentation will
demonstrate the effectiveness of the protocol as well as how it serves as a training model of
psychology interns and psychiatric residents, in addition to possessing many critical criteria for
conducting research.
5121.7 Who benefits from what: A systematic review of writing interventions, Qian Lu,
Annette Stanton, University of California at Los Angeleds, USA
Recently, it has been reported that written emotional disclosure confers a variety of benefits,
including increased physical and psychological well-being. However, some studies reveal that it
has mixed or even detrimental effects. The finding of variable effects suggests the possibility that
outcomes may vary systematically as a function of specific parameters of the experimental design.
Three factors, including the participant population, specific writing instructions, and individual
differences, are demonstrated to be critical moderators enhancing, attenuating, or even reversing
the effects of writing intervention. Implications of the findings, methodological problems and
recommendations in the research on writing interventions are addressed.
5121.8 Perception of clinical psychologists of the import of the formal evaluation of adaptive
functioning in the diagnosis of AIDS, Will Aande, South Africa
This research reports the perceptions of clinical psychologists in Southern Africa who reported
offering STD protective services, adaptive functioning received a mean ranking as the fourth most
important of 12 areas of functioning, (cf. Dammers et al, 1995). A notable majority of respondents
reported using these criteria, which concurs with the stipulation of DSM-IV-R (APA, 1994). Taken
together, however, it was observed that there is a dearth of material for the assessment of adaptive
functioning in many STDs/HIV/AIDS evaluation batteries used by public health Clinicians in
Africa. Alternative cultural interpretations are suggested coupled with informed debate among
scientists, politicians, community leaders and clinicians.
5122 ORAL
Health psychology
Chair: Barbara Adamson
5122.1 The effect of psychosocial variables on diurnal cortisol rhythm, Yayoi Oda, Tsuneyuki
Abe, Minoru Nakamura, Amane Tatsuta, Takeyoshi Kurihara, Tokyo Institute of Technology,
Japan; Shiseido Co., Ltd., Japan
We examined the relationship between psychosocial variables and diurnal cortisol rhythm in 166
workers (85 men, 81 women) using questionnaires relating to recent stressors, emotional states
and life habits. Salivary cortisol levels were assessed by HPLC from samples collected on
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