Effects of standard and explicit cognitive bias modification and computer-administered cognitive-behaviour therapy on cognitive biases and social anxiety

TY - JOUR

T1 - Effects of standard and explicit cognitive bias modification and computer-administered cognitive-behaviour therapy on cognitive biases and social anxiety

AU - Mobini, Sirous

AU - Mackintosh, Bundy

AU - Illingworth, Jo

AU - Gega, Lina

AU - Langdon, Peter

AU - Hoppitt, Laura

N1 - Copyright © 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

PY - 2014/6

Y1 - 2014/6

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Adolescent

KW - Adult

KW - Attention

KW - Bias (Epidemiology)

KW - Cognition

KW - Cognitive Therapy

KW - Female

KW - Humans

KW - Male

KW - Phobic Disorders

KW - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales

KW - Therapy, Computer-Assisted

KW - Treatment Outcome

KW - Young Adult

U2 - 10.1016/j.jbtep.2013.12.002

DO - 10.1016/j.jbtep.2013.12.002

M3 - Article

C2 - 24412966

SN - 0005-7916

VL - 45

SP - 272

EP - 279

JO - Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

JF - Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

IS - 2

ER -