Mobini, Sirous, Mackintosh, Bundy, Illingworth, Jo, Gega, Lina, Langdon, Peter E., Hoppitt, Laura (2014) Effects of standard and explicit cognitive bias modification and computer-administered cognitive-behaviour therapy on cognitive biases and social anxiety. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 45 (2). pp. 272-279. ISSN 0005-7916. (doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2013.12.002) (KAR id:37792)
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Abstract
Background and objectives
This study examines the effects of a single session of Cognitive Bias Modification to induce positive Interpretative bias (CBM-I) using standard or explicit instructions and an analogue of computer-administered CBT (c-CBT) program on modifying cognitive biases and social anxiety.
Methods
A sample of 76 volunteers with social anxiety attended a research site. At both pre- and post-test, participants completed two computer-administered tests of interpretative and attentional biases and a self-report measure of social anxiety. Participants in the training conditions completed a single session of either standard or explicit CBM-I positive training and a c-CBT program. Participants in the Control (no training) condition completed a CBM-I neutral task matched the active CBM-I intervention in format and duration but did not encourage positive disambiguation of socially ambiguous or threatening scenarios.
Results
Participants in both CBM-I programs (either standard or explicit instructions) and the c-CBT condition exhibited more positive interpretations of ambiguous social scenarios at post-test and one-week follow-up as compared to the Control condition. Moreover, the results showed that CBM-I and c-CBT, to some extent, changed negative attention biases in a positive direction. Furthermore, the results showed that both CBM-I training conditions and c-CBT reduced social anxiety symptoms at one-week follow-up.
Limitations
This study used a single session of CBM-I training, however multi-sessions intervention might result in more endurable positive CBM-I changes.
Conclusions
A computerised single session of CBM-I and an analogue of c-CBT program reduced negative interpretative biases and social anxiety.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1016/j.jbtep.2013.12.002 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | Cognitive bias modification; Social anxiety; Computer-administered CBT; Cognitive biases |
Subjects: |
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology Q Science > Q Science (General) |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Tizard |
Depositing User: | Peter Langdon |
Date Deposited: | 13 Jan 2014 12:13 UTC |
Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2021 12:50 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/37792 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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