Cognitive bias modification training in adolescents: effects on interpretation biases and mood

Lothmann, Claudia; Holmes, Emily A.; Chan, Stella W. Y.; Lau, Jennifer Y. F.

doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02286.x

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“…Both studies replicated adult findings of the training effects on subsequent interpretations of new ambiguous materials but effects on mood were less clear [31,32]. In one study, positive training resulted in a significant decrease in negative affect, but negative training only led to a significant decrease in positive affect in male participants [32]. In the other study, there were no effects on state anxiety before and after training [31].…”

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“…While adolescents read scenarios and completed word fragments, these scenarios were made more ageappropriate than those described in the original training set [10]; for example, making friends at a new school, being asked out on a date, being asked by a teacher to stay behind class. Both studies replicated adult findings of the training effects on subsequent interpretations of new ambiguous materials but effects on mood were less clear [31,32]. In one study, positive training resulted in a significant decrease in negative affect, but negative training only led to a significant decrease in positive affect in male participants [32].…”

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confidence: 71%

“…To maximise the effects of CBM-I training, we instructed participants to read and imagine each training scenario as if it was happening to themselves [18]. To make the use of imagery explicit, all participants received two 'imagery' exercises prior to training [32]. The first involved imagining coming home from school while the second involved imagining biting into a lemon.…”

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“…To our knowledge, two studies have investigated the plasticity of adolescent cognitive biases and their effects on mood [31,32]. Clarifying the effects of CBM-I on in adolescents is important for several reasons.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Using our adapted adult training methods for adolescents [32], we predicted that positive training would result in greater endorsement of positive interpretations of novel ambiguous situations, while negative training would invite the opposite pattern of effects. Data from a new sample would also clarify the more mixed findings on mood changes pre-to post-training.…”

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The Plasticity of Adolescent Cognitions: Data from a Novel Cognitive Bias Modification Training Task

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Many adult anxiety problems emerge in adolescence. Investigating how adolescent anxiety arises and abates is critical for understanding and preventing adult psychiatric problems. Drawing threat interpretations from ambiguous material is linked to adolescent anxiety but little research has clarified the causal nature of this relationship. Work in adults using Cognitive Bias Modification of Interpretations (CBM-I) training show that manipulating negative interpretational style alters negative affect. Conversely, 'boosting' positive interpretations improves affect. Here, we extend CBM-I investigations to adolescents. Thirty-nine adolescents (13-18 years), varying in trait anxiety and selfefficacy, were randomly allocated to receive positive or negative training. Training-congruent differences emerged for subsequent interpretation style. Induced negative biases predicted a decline in positive affect in low self-efficacious adolescents only. Tentatively, our data suggest that cognitive biases predict adolescent affective symptoms in vulnerable individuals. The acquisition of positive cognitions through training has implications for prevention.

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Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 71%

Section: Participantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Biased Cognitive Processing of Emotional Information in Child Anxiety and Depression

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Lau

2020

The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development

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Anxiety and low mood (depression) can be common in children. Cognitive models of these conditions posit that distortions in the way that information is attended to, evaluated, stored, and retrieved may maintain symptoms, and even contribute to the initial onset of symptoms. While there are ample data to support these hypotheses in adults and adolescents, less work has been conducted in children. This entry discusses how these “cognitive” biases are measured and summarizes how they manifest in children with anxiety and/or mood symptoms, focusing on attention, interpretation, and memory processes. It also includes discussion of data from studies that have attempted to modify these cognitive processes in order to assess their causal role on symptoms, and whether they could reflect new intervention targets. The entry finishes with suggestions for future research in this area.

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Cognitive bias modification training in adolescents: effects on interpretation biases and mood

Cited by 90 publications

References 40 publications

The Plasticity of Adolescent Cognitions: Data from a Novel Cognitive Bias Modification Training Task

The Plasticity of Adolescent Cognitions: Data from a Novel Cognitive Bias Modification Training Task

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Biased Cognitive Processing of Emotional Information in Child Anxiety and Depression

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