SIT Flashcards
What is SIT
Stress inoculation therapy
Who devised it
Meichbaum and Cameron
What approach does sit take
Cognitive aims to resturcture thought
What are the three phases
Conceptualisation phase
Skill aquisition
Real life application
A01 of conceptualisation phase
- Client and therapist work together
- client is the expert
- therapist facilitating role
- Education aboit stress and nature of it
- Cognitive apprisal of stressor and ability to cope
A01 of skill aquisition
Tailored to indiviudal, relaxation ect
Monitor own tasks
Coping self statments to replace anxiety
A01 real life application
Role playing
9-12 sessions
A03
Expensive and time consuming- drug better
Hello goodbye effect, leave you not a permenant fix
Acknowledges individual differences
Supporting evidence
A03 supporting evidence
Jay and elliot, field experiment using chilren with lukemia, showed parents a SIT film an hour before surgery of the child. Compared to a control group parents stated has less anxiety.