Moderators and Mediators of the Interpretation Bias–Emotional Disorders Link

Polack, Reuma Gadassi; Davis, Anna; Joormann, Jutta

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“…In addition, positive interpretation bias predicted lower levels of depressive symptoms in our daily diary data over the subsequent four weeks. These longitudinal associations between positive interpretation bias and depressive symptoms are particularly notable given that most studies of interpretation biases in emotional disorders are cross-sectional, and focus on negative interpretation biases (Gadassi Polack et al, 2023). In contrast to our hypotheses, negative interpretation bias was not consistently associated with symptoms of social anxiety or depression in either our cross-sectional or diary data.…”

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“…Furthermore, evidence from the Cognitive Bias Modification literature shows that children's and adolescents' interpretations of their mothers' behavior became more positive after treatment (De Winter et al, 2017), and that decreases in negative interpretations and increases in positive ones are related to decreases in anxiety symptoms (e.g., Krebs et al, 2018;Platt et al, 2017). The impact of interpretation biases on adolescent emotional experiences is also broadly consistent with cognitive-behavioral theories positing that information-processing difficulties contribute to depression and anxiety across development (Cannon & Weems, 2010;Everaert et al, 2012;Gadassi Polack et al, 2023;Leung et al, 2022;Stuijfzand et al, 2018).…”

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“…There is a dearth of longitudinal studies on interpretation bias and inflexibility, particularly in adolescents (Gadassi Polack et al, 2023). This complicates inferences about whether interpretations influence emotional reactions to everyday social situations or are mere correlates of them.…”

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Social interpretation inflexibility moderates emotional reactions to social situations in children and adolescents

Gadassi Polack,

Bronstein,

Questel

et al. 2023

Dev Psychopathol

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Interpretation biases and inflexibility (i.e., difficulties revising interpretations) have been linked to increased internalizing symptoms. Although adolescence is a developmental period characterized by novel social situations and increased vulnerability to internalizing disorders, no studies have examined interpretation inflexibility in adolescents. Additionally, no studies (on adolescents or adults) have examined interpretation flexibility as a protective factor against adverse outcomes of interpersonal events. Using a novel task and a 28-day diary we examined relations among interpretation bias and inflexibility, internalizing symptoms, and negative interpersonal events in a sample of children and adolescents (N = 159, ages 9–18). At baseline, negative interpretation bias was positively correlated with social anxiety symptoms, and positive interpretation bias negatively correlated with social anxiety and depressive symptoms. Inflexible positive interpretations were correlated with higher social anxiety and depressive symptoms, while inflexible negative interpretations were correlated with higher social anxiety. Finally, interpretation inflexibility moderated daily associations between negative interpersonal events and depressive symptoms in daily life, such that higher inflexibility was associated with stronger associations between interpersonal events and subsequent depressive symptoms, potentially increasing depressive symptom instability. These results suggest that interpretation biases and inflexibility may act as both risk and protective factors for adolescent anxiety and depression.

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Social interpretation inflexibility moderates emotional reactions to social situations in children and adolescents

Gadassi Polack,

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Questel

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Reduced Belief Updating in the Context of Depressive Symptoms: An Investigation of the Associations with Interpretation Biases and Self-Evaluation

Würtz,

Kube,

Woud

et al. 2024

Cogn Ther Res

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Background Depressive symptoms are associated with negative expectations and reduced belief updating by positive information. Cognitive immunization, the devaluation of positive information, has been argued to be central in this relationship and predictive processing models suggest that more positive information is associated with greater cognitive immunization. Methods In an online experiment, N = 347 healthy participants took part in a performance task with standardized feedback of varying levels of positivity (mild, moderate, extreme). Effects of feedback positivity on cognitive immunization were investigated. Further, depressive symptoms, interpretation bias and participant’s self-evaluation were examined as potential correlates of belief updating. Results As expected, participants receiving mildly positive feedback reported a greater amount of cognitive immunization than those receiving moderately positive feedback. However, neither group differed from those receiving extremely positive feedback. Although depressive symptoms did not show the hypothesized association with cognitive immunization, they were associated with a weaker increase in positive expectations following feedback. Exploratory analyses showed associations between self-evaluation and belief updating. Conclusions The results suggest that healthy participants engaged in cognitive immunization when feedback was less positive than expected. Depressive symptoms were associated with reduced belief updating, but not with cognitive immunization. Self-evaluation may be a promising factor for future research.

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Moderators and Mediators of the Interpretation Bias–Emotional Disorders Link

Cited by 2 publications

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Social interpretation inflexibility moderates emotional reactions to social situations in children and adolescents

Social interpretation inflexibility moderates emotional reactions to social situations in children and adolescents

Reduced Belief Updating in the Context of Depressive Symptoms: An Investigation of the Associations with Interpretation Biases and Self-Evaluation

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