Inga Truskauskaitė

Inga Truskauskaitė

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Academic Career Length

12Years (2015-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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3 April 2020 in Current Psychology
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ITInga Truskauskaitė
Inga Truskauskaitė
EKEvaldas Kazlauskas
Evaldas Kazlauskas
RORuta Ostreikaite-Jurevice
Ruta Ostreikaite-Jurevice
JBJulia Brailovskaia
Julia Brailovskaia
JMJürgen Margraf
Jürgen Margraf

24 January 2018 in Current Psychology
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ITInga Truskauskaitė
Inga Truskauskaitė
EREva Romera
Eva Romera
RORosario Ortega-Ruiz
Rosario Ortega-Ruiz
RŽRita Žukauskienė
Rita Žukauskienė

7 April 2021 in Journal of Medical Internet Research
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IBIeva Biliunaite
Ieva Biliunaite
EKEvaldas Kazlauskas
Evaldas Kazlauskas
RSRobbert Sanderman
Robbert Sanderman
ITInga Truskauskaitė
Inga Truskauskaitė
ADAusteja Dumarkaite
Austeja Dumarkaite
GAGerhard Andersson
Gerhard Andersson
Background: Caregiving for a family member can result in reduced well-being for the caregiver. Internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy (ICBT) may be one way to support this population. This is especially the case for caregivers in countries with limited resources, but high demand for psychological services. Objective: In this study we evaluated the effects of a therapist-guided 8-week-long ICBT intervention for informal caregivers. Methods: In total, 63 participants were recruited online and randomized either to the intervention or to the wait-list control group. The main study outcome was the Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI). Secondary outcomes included measures of caregiver depression, anxiety, stress, and quality of life. Results: Moderate between-group effect sizes were observed for the CBI measure, in favor of the intervention group, with a Cohen d=–0.70 for the intention-to-treat analysis. Analyses of the subscales of the CBI showed significant reductions on the subscales of Development and Physical Health. Moderate reductions were found for depression and anxiety scores as indicated by the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) scores. Large between-group effects were observed for reduction in stress and increase in quality of life as indicated by the Perceived Stress Scale-14 (PSS-14), The Brunnsviken Brief Quality of Life Scale (BBQ), and The World Health Organization-Five Well-Being Index (WHO-5). In addition, participants experienced little to no difficulty in using the program and were mostly satisfied with the intervention’s platform and the choice of content. Conclusions: This is the first internet intervention study for informal caregivers in Lithuania. The results suggest that therapist-guided ICBT can be effective in reducing caregiver burden, anxiety, depression, stress, and improving quality of life. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04052724; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04052724

15 September 2020 in Frontiers in Psychology
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ITInga Truskauskaitė
Inga Truskauskaitė
JBJulia Brailovskaia
Julia Brailovskaia
YKYuka Kamite
Yuka Kamite
GPGabija Petrauskaite
Gabija Petrauskaite
JMJürgen Margraf
Jürgen Margraf
EKEvaldas Kazlauskas
Evaldas Kazlauskas
In emerging adulthood, coherent identity plays a protective role against the development of the disturbed psychosocial functioning and is seen as one of the defining characteristics of positive youth development. The factors that shape the identity are still understudied and little quantitative research has addressed, how trauma exposure is linked to emerging adults’ identity. Therefore, the current study aimed to investigate how exposure to traumatic experiences over the lifetime is associated with current identity status among emerging adults in an academic environment and to explore links between different types of traumatic experiences as well as the severity of exposure to trauma and identity statuses. The study sample consisted of 1,614 first-year undergraduate students from Lithuania with the age range of 18–29 years (M = 19.09, SD = 1.05, 68.28% female). The three distinct identity profiles were identified using the Latent Class Analysis, representing diffused, undifferentiated, and coherent identity statuses. The results provided no clear evidence of links between traumatic experiences and identity status for overall exposure and most types of traumatic events. However, our study concerns the potential importance of severe traumatic experiences, such as sexual trauma, on identity.


1 October 2020 in Child Abuse & Neglect
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PZPaulina Zelviene
Paulina Zelviene
IDIeva Daniunaite
Ieva Daniunaite
GHGertrud Sofie Hafstad
Gertrud Sofie Hafstad
STSiri Thoresen
Siri Thoresen
ITInga Truskauskaitė
Inga Truskauskaitė
EKEvaldas Kazlauskas
Evaldas Kazlauskas