ArticleCognitive therapy and research2018
Multisession Cognitive Bias Modification Targeting Multiple Biases in Adolescents with Elevated Social Anxiety.
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- Is interpretation bias for threat content specific to youth anxiety symptoms/diagnoses? A systematic review and meta-analysis.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic review of treatments targeting cognitive biases in socially anxious adolescents: Special Section on "Translational and Neuroscience Studies in Affective Disorders" Section Editor, Maria Nobile MD, PhD.Journal of affective disorders · 2020Pooled it
- Interpretation biases in child and youth depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Review
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- Attention Training for Child Anxiety and Its Disorders: Moving from Research to Clinical Implementation.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2024Review
- Implication of Social Rejection in Cognitive Bias Modification Interpretation Training in Adolescents With Eating Disorders.Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2024Review
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- A New Social Picture Task to Assess Interpretation Bias related to social fears in adolescents.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2022Article
- Promoting helpful attention and interpretation patterns to reduce anxiety and depression in young people: weaving scientific data with young peoples' lived experiences.BMC psychiatry · 2021Article
- The Interplay of Depression and Hostile Attributions in the Link Between PTSD Symptoms and Peer Victimization in Child Victims of Sexual Abuse.Child psychiatry and human development · 2021Article
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Abstract
Research studies applying cognitive bias modification of attention (CBM-A) and interpretations (CBM-I) training to reduce adolescent anxiety by targeting associated cognitive biases have found mixed results. This study presents a new multi-session, combined bias CBM package, which uses a mix of training techniques and stimuli to enhance user-engagement. We present preliminary data on its viability, acceptability and effectiveness on reducing symptoms and biases using an A-B case series design. 19 adolescents with elevated social anxiety reported on their social anxiety, real-life social behaviours, general anxiety, depression, and cognitive biases at pre/post time-points during a 2-week baseline phase and a 2-week intervention phase. Retention rate was high. Adolescents also reported finding the CBM training helpful, particularly CBM-I. Greater reductions in social anxiety, negative social behaviour, and general anxiety and depression, characterised the intervention but not baseline phase. There was a significant correlation between interpretation bias change and social anxiety symptom change. Our enhanced multi-session CBM programme delivered in a school-setting appeared viable and acceptable. Training-associated improvements in social anxiety will require further verification in a study with an active control condition/group.
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