A5059697845- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Mind wandering and attention
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
The University of Western Australia
2016-2025
Babeș-Bolyai University
2013-2017
University of Exeter
2015
Craft Engineering Associates (United States)
1997
In this target article, we argue that personality processes, structure, and development have to be understood investigated in integrated ways order provide comprehensive responses the key questions of psychology. The psychological processes mechanisms explain concrete behaviour situations should explanation for patterns variation across individuals, over time as well structures observed intra–individual inter–individual differences. Personality structures, defined covariation behaviour,...
Cognitive models of anxiety posit that an attentional bias to negative information plays a causal role in elevated vulnerability and dysfunction. There has been considerable recent interest determining whether this reflects facilitated engagement with and/or impaired disengagement from information. We concur the claim investigators who have noted methodologies previously employed dissociate biases are not optimal for purpose. In present study, we employ novel methodology, Attentional...
BackgroundAlthough cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) is an effective treatment for depression, less than half of patients achieve satisfactory symptom reduction during treatment. Targeting known psychopathological processes such as rumination may increase efficacy. The aim this study was to test whether adding group rumination-focused CBT (RFCBT) that explicitly targets routine medical management superior in treating major depression.MethodsA total 131 outpatients with depression were...
Cognitive bias modification (CBM) has evolved from an experimental method testing cognitive mechanisms of psychopathology to a promising tool for accessible digital mental health care. While we are still discovering the conditions under which clinically relevant effects occur, dire need accessible, effective, and low-cost tools underscores implementation where such available. Providing our expert opinion as Association Bias Modification members, first discuss readiness different CBM...
Repetitive Negative Thinking (RNT) during pregnancy is a key risk factor for psychopathology in the perinatal period. However, cognitive mechanisms underlying prenatal RNT remain poorly understood. Recent research has suggested that tendency to volitionally seek negative rather than positive information (i.e., biased seeking) may contribute formation of more expectations, which turn predict elevated RNT. The current study aimed (i) replicate findings previous demonstrated associations...
Previous research has demonstrated that heightened ruminative disposition is characterized by an attentional bias to depressogenic information at 1,000-ms exposure durations. However, it unknown whether this reflects facilitated engagement with information, or impaired disengagement from such information. The present study was designed address question. In keeping recent theoretical proposals, our findings demonstrate associated only and does not involve addition resolving key issue, the...
There is now reliable evidence that heightened positive affectivity associated with a distinctive pattern of attentional selectivity, favouring emotionally information. While this has invited speculation differential responding to information may directly contribute the determination emotional temperament, causal basis their association as yet remains unknown. We addressed issue by experimentally manipulating selective response information, using cognitive bias modification variant probe...
Information processing accounts of rumination propose that impaired attentional disengagement from negative information may underpin heightened disposition to experience ruminative brooding in response mood. The present study examined the relationship between individual differences and selective attention, using a paradigm capable distinguishing biases engagement attention. Results showed higher dispositional brooding, as measured by both subscale RRS an in-vivo assessment disposition, was...
The present study examined cognitive mechanisms underpinning the increased tendency of individuals with high trait anxiety to experience inflation negative affect when approaching potential stressors. Specifically, roles (1) disproportionately relative positive expectancies (i.e., expectancy bias) and (2) interrogating information interrogation bias), each concerning stressor, were examined. High low participants (N = 286) completed experimental session, in which they informed may view a...
Cognitive bias modification (CBM) has evolved from an experimental method testing cognitive mechanisms of psychopathology to a promising tool for accessible digital mental health care. While we are still discovering the conditions under which clinically relevant effects occur, dire need accessible, effective, and low-cost tools underscores implementation where such available. Providing our expert opinion as Association Bias Modification members, first discuss readiness different CBM...
Previous studies investigating the hypothesis that elevated social anxiety vulnerability is characterized by an attentional bias to negative information have yielded inconsistent findings. One possible explanation for this inconsistency most such failed distinguish in engagement with, and disengagement from, information. It has been proposed only one of these two forms may be associated with vulnerability, potentially giving rise observed inconsistencies when assessment approaches dissociate...
The existence of a relationship between heightened anxiety and impaired inhibitory control is well established. However, it remains unknown whether such reduced stable characteristic elevated trait anxiety, driven by state or joint function both anxiety. present study sought to resolve this issue, having high low anxious participants complete an anti-saccade task, following manipulation level using video-based induction procedure. We found that was interactively determined Specifically, in...
Abstract Objective This study aimed to investigate whether a computerized cognitive bias modification training delivered remotely would reduce expectations of rejection in adolescents with eating disorders. Method Sixty‐seven aged 12–18 (99.5% female) an disorder diagnosis (94% anorexia nervosa) and receiving specialist treatment were recruited. Participants randomized intervention condition ( n = 37) which included as usual (TAU) supplemented by nine sessions online for social stimuli (CBMT...
Despite considerable past interest in distinguishing the patterns of attentional bias that characterise vulnerability to anxiety and depression, little research has yet sought delineate correlates two affective dimensions differentially contribute these alternative forms emotional vulnerability—negative positive affectivity. In present study, we employ a novel variant probe task examine selective engagement with, disengagement from, negative words, participants whose heightened reflects...
Individuals with heightened anxiety vulnerability tend to preferentially attend emotionally negative information, evidence suggesting that this attentional bias makes a causal contribution vulnerability. Recent years have seen an increase in the use of modification (ABM) procedures modify patterns bias; however, often change is not successfully achieved.This study presents novel ABM procedure, Emotion-in-Motion, requiring individuals engage scanning and tracking within gamified, complex,...