Delving Intervention and Mindbody Integration

描述(申请人提供)：在临床实践中，分离和缺乏身体自我意识的症状经常与由于疾病、压力或创伤而引起的慢性身体疼痛和/或心理困扰有关。这些因素被认为阻碍了康复过程，促使心身研究人员研究替代治疗方法。这项研究的长期目标是为以身体为导向的心理治疗的研究奠定基础，身体工作作为治疗的一个组成部分。这项建议的直接目的是检验“钻研”的效果，这是一种以身体为导向的心理治疗方法，旨在通过身体意识促进心灵和肉体的融合。这项具体的研究目的是检查钻探与按摩的疗效，并探索随着时间的推移与治疗过程相关的变化。这项研究采用两组重复测量设计，将40名参与者随机分为试验组或对照组。重复测量的方差分析、趋势分析和相关技术将被用来测试结果的有效性和探索假想的干预过程。这项研究是新颖的，因为它结合了车身和高度特定的聚焦过程。它的意义在于探索整合过程，以增强对总体上的解离和身体自我意识在心身康复和健康方面的理解。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In clinical practice, symptoms of dissociation and lack of bodily self-awareness are frequently associated with chronic physical pain and/or psychological distress due to illness, stress or trauma. These factors are thought to hinder the recovery processes, prompting mind-body researchers to examine alternative therapeutic approaches. The long-term goal of this research is to develop a foundation for research in body-oriented psychotherapy with bodywork as an integral component of the therapy. The immediate purpose of this proposal is to examine the effects of 'delving,' a body-oriented psychotherapy approach developed to facilitate integration of psyche and soma through bodily awareness. The specific study aims are to examine the efficacy of delving compared to massage, and to explore change associated with the therapeutic process across time. The study uses a 2-group, repeated measures design with 40 participants randomized to experimental or control group. Repeated-measures ANOVA, trend analyses, and correlational techniques will be used to test outcome efficacy and to explore the hypothesized intervention processes. This study is novel because it combines bodywork with highly specified focusing processes. Its significance lies in exploration of integration processes to enhance understanding of dissociation in general and of bodily self awareness in mind-body healing and health.