Trial reportPsychological medicine2019
Bias-contingent attention bias modification and attention control training in treatment of PTSD: a randomized control trial.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
A Randomized Controlled Trial Examining the Impact of a Brief Attention-based Neurobehavioral Transdiagnostic Intervention on Acute Fear Response
Home-Delivered Attention Control Training for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 78 citations in OpenAlex.
- Cognitive bias modification for social anxiety: a living systematic review and network meta-analysis.Wellcome open research · 2026Pooled it
- Smartphone-Delivered Attentional Bias Modification Training for Mental Health: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR mental health · 2024Pooled it
- Attention Training as a Low-Intensity Treatment for Concerning Anxiety in Clinic-Referred Youth.Behavior therapy · 2023Trial
- "Push it!" or "Hold it!"? A comparison of nicotine-avoidance training and nicotine-inhibition training in smokers motivated to quit.Psychopharmacology · 2022Trial
- Evaluating the role of Approach-Avoidance Training on action-tendencies in individuals with skin-picking disorder: A preliminary randomized experiment.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2021Trial
- The role of negative affect in the association between attention bias to threat and posttraumatic stress: An eye-tracking study.Psychiatry research · 2020Trial
- Self-Disgust, Body-Related Attentional Bias and Body Dissatisfaction: A Virtual Reality and Eye-Tracking Exploration.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Associations of chronic pain and PTSD factors among military personnel: An exploration of the mutual maintenance model.Journal of military, veteran and family health · 2025Article
- Home-based cognitive bias modification training for reducing maladaptive fear in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome: a pilot randomized clinical trial.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2024Article
- Attentional bias modification and attention control training in PTSD: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Therapeutic advances in psychopharmacology · 2024Article
- Measuring and Modifying Threat-Related Attention Bias in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Attention Bias Modification Study.Depression and anxiety · 2024Article
- Poorer Inhibitory Control Uniquely Contributes to Greater Functional Disability in Post-9/11 Veterans.Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists · 2023Article
- An executive function subtype of PTSD with unique neural markers and clinical trajectories.Translational psychiatry · 2022Article
- Emotional processing prospectively modulates the impact of anxiety on COVID-19 pandemic-related post-traumatic stress symptoms: an ERP study.Journal of affective disorders · 2022Article
- Change in negative attention bias mediates the association between attention bias modification training and depression symptom improvement.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2021Article
- Childhood maltreatment history and attention bias variability in healthy adult women: role of inflammation and the BDNF Val66Met genotype.Translational psychiatry · 2021Article
- From cognitive targets to symptom reduction: overview of attention and interpretation bias modification research.Evidence-based mental health · 2021Review
- Symptom structure of PTSD and co-morbid depressive symptoms - a network analysis of combat veteran patients.Psychological medicine · 2020Article
- Neural mechanisms underlying heterogeneous expression of threat-related attention in social anxiety.Behaviour research and therapy · 2020Article
- Randomized Controlled Trial Testing Mobile-Based Attention-Bias Modification for Posttraumatic Stress Using Personalized Word Stimuli.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2020Article
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14 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundRandomized control trials (RCTs) comparing attention control training (ACT) and attention bias modification (ABM) in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have shown mixed results. The current RCT extends the extant literature by comparing the efficacy of ACT and a novel bias-contingent-ABM (BC-ABM), in which direction of training is contingent upon the direction of pre-treatment attention bias (AB), in a sample of civilian patients with PTSD.
methodsFifty treatment-seeking civilian patients with PTSD were randomly assigned to either ACT or BC-ABM. Clinician and self-report measures of PTSD and depression, as well as AB and attention bias variability (ABV), were acquired pre- and post-treatment.
resultsACT yielded greater reductions in PTSD and depressive symptoms on both clinician-rated and self-reported measures compared with BC-ABM. The BC-ABM condition successfully shifted ABs in the intended training direction. In the ACT group, there was no significant change in ABV or AB from pre- to post-treatment.
conclusionsThe current RCT extends previous results in being the first to apply ABM that is contingent upon AB at pre-treatment. This personalized BC-ABM approach is associated with significant reductions in symptoms. However, ACT produces even greater reductions, thereby emerging as a promising treatment for PTSD.
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