Exploring Elements of Fun to Motivate Youth to Do Cognitive Bias Modification

Boendermaker, Wouter J.; Boffo, Marilisa; Wiers, Reinout W.

doi:10.1089/g4h.2015.0053

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“…The relatively short session length might have been an advantage here (Au et al, ), but methods to increase engagement should also be investigated, for example adding gaming elements or motivational interviewing techniques (cf. Boendermaker, Boffo, & Wiers, ). Second, the high drop‐out rates at follow‐up considerably reduced our power to observe long‐term effects.…”

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Emotional working memory training as an online intervention for adolescent anxiety and depression: A randomised controlled trial

Voogd

Wiers

Zwitser

2016

Australian Journal of Psychology

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ObjectiveAnxiety and depression are highly prevalent disorders in adolescence. They are associated with deficits in working memory (WM), which also appears to increase rumination, worry, and negative mood. WM training, especially in an emotional context, might help in reducing or preventing these disorders. The current study investigated the direct effects of online emotional WM training on WM capacity, and short‐ and long‐term effects on symptoms of anxiety and depression, and secondary measures of emotional functioning.MethodsUnselected adolescents (n = 168, aged 11–18) were randomised over an active or placebo emotional WM training. WM was assessed before and after 4 weeks of bi‐weekly training. Emotional functioning was assessed pre‐ and post‐training and at 3, 6, and 12 months follow‐up.ResultsImprovements in WM capacity and both short‐ and long‐term emotional functioning were found in both training groups, with the only group difference being a trend for a larger increase in self‐esteem in the active group compared to the placebo group.ConclusionsThe general improvements irrespective of training condition suggest non‐specific training or time effects, or some shared active ingredient in both conditions. Future research is necessary to detect potentially effective components of (emotional) WM training and to increase adolescent engagement with online training.

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Emotional working memory training as an online intervention for adolescent anxiety and depression: A randomised controlled trial

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Wiers

Zwitser

2016

Australian Journal of Psychology

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“…Therefore, the inclusion of multiple training sessions and longer-term follow-up measures is warranted. However, there are limitations to multiple training sessions as well: the current training could be perceived as relatively unengaging as it is very repetitive (Beard, Weisberg, & Primack, 2012;Boendermaker, Boffo, & Wiers, 2015;Brosan, Hoppitt, Shelfer, Sillence, & Mackintosh, 2011).…”

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Do smokers devaluate smoking cues after go/no-go training?

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Chen

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Psychology & Health

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Objective: Smoking is one of the leading public health problems worldwide. The inability to quit smoking may be the result of the amplified value of smoking-related cues and inhibitory control deficits. Previous research has shown that pairing substancerelated cues with no-go trials in go/no-go training reduces the value of these cues, an effect known as devaluation. The current experiment investigated the devaluation effect of go/no-go training on smoking-related cues, and compared this effect between smokers and nonsmokers. Design and Main Outcome Measures: 39 smokers and 43 nonsmokers were trained to respond immediately to neutral stimuli, but inhibit their reaction when smoking stimuli were presented. Before and after training, participants evaluated smoking and neutral stimuli, where part of these stimuli were subsequently presented in the training, and the other part was not used in training. Results: Not responding to smoking stimuli in go/no-go training decreased subsequent evaluations of trained smoking stimuli compared to untrained smoking stimuli, thereby replicating food and alcohol studies and extending the devaluation effect to smoking-related cues. This devaluation effect was found for both smokers and non-smokers.

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“…A variety of serious games strategies have been proposed, which include that of the addition of game elements; or the intrinsic integration with the evidence-based task as a basis; or intrinsic integration leaving the evidence base task intact or the addition of a game shell around the original evidence base task (18). These four different mechanisms could easily be achievable in the current design, given that the design of the current smartphone based attentional bias modification paradigm has been based on a gaming engine.…”

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Mobile Phone Cognitive Bias Modification Research Platform for Substance Use Disorders: Protocol for a Feasibility Study (Preprint)

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Ying²,

Song³

et al. 2017

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Exploring Elements of Fun to Motivate Youth to Do Cognitive Bias Modification

Abstract: Adding (social) game elements can increase motivation to train, and mobile training did not underperform compared with the regular training in this sample, which warrants more research into motivational elements for CBM training in younger audiences.

Cited by 75 publications

References 44 publications

Emotional working memory training as an online intervention for adolescent anxiety and depression: A randomised controlled trial

Emotional working memory training as an online intervention for adolescent anxiety and depression: A randomised controlled trial

Do smokers devaluate smoking cues after go/no-go training?

Mobile Phone Cognitive Bias Modification Research Platform for Substance Use Disorders: Protocol for a Feasibility Study (Preprint)

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