Previous research has made significant progress elucidating the nature of cognitive biases in emotional disorders. However, less work focused on relation among and responding clinical samples. This study uses eye-tracking to examine difficulties disengaging attention from material depressed participants test its with mood reactivity recovery during after a stress induction. Participants diagnosed Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) never-disordered control (CTL) completed novel paradigm which...

The present study tested the interplay between mood and attentional deployment by examining attention to positive (i.e., happy faces) negative angry sad stimuli in response experimental inductions of mood. Participants underwent a negative, neutral, or induction procedure (MIP) which was followed an assessment their emotional faces using eye-tracking technology. Faces were selected from Karolinska Directed Emotional (KDEF) database (Lundqvist, Flykt, & Öhman, 1998). In MIP condition,...

Sustained attentional processing of negative information plays a significant role in the development and maintenance depression. The present study examines relationships between rumination, relevant factor depression, mechanisms activated individuals with different levels depression severity when attending to emotional (i.e., sad, angry happy faces). Behavioural physiological indicators sustained were assessed 126 participants (39 dysphoric 87 non-dysphoric) using eye-tracking technology....

Reappraisal is central to emotion regulation but its mechanisms are unclear. This study tested the theoretical prediction that emotional attention bias linked reappraisal of negative emotion-eliciting stimuli and subsequent responding using a novel attentional control training. Thirty-six undergraduates were randomly assigned either or training condition provided with different task instructions while they performed an interpretation task. Whereas participants freely created interpretations,...

Despite significant advancements in the research of subjective well-being (SWB), little is known about its connection with basic cognitive processes. The present study explores association between selective attention to emotional stimuli (i.e. faces) and both components SWB satisfaction life, respectively). Participants (N = 83) were asked freely watch a series 84 pairs (happy, angry, or sad) neutral faces from Karolinska Directed Emotional Faces database. Eye-tracking methodology measured...

The present study aimed to clarify: 1) the presence of depression-related attention bias related a social stressor, 2) its association with biases as measured under standard conditions, and 3) their impaired stress recovery in depression. A sample 39 participants reporting broad range depression levels completed eye-tracking paradigm which they had engage/disengage gaze with/from emotional faces. Participants then underwent induction (i.e., giving speech), eye movements false feedback were...

The main purpose of the present study was to examine implicit and explicit self-esteem (SE) in patients with persecutory delusions. In samples paranoid patients, depressed healthy controls, SE assessed using experimental go/no-go association task, whereas measured 2 self-reporting questionnaires: self-worth subscale World Assumption Scale (Janoff-Bulman, 1989) self-acceptance Scales Psychological Well-Being (Ryff & Keyes, 1995). Our analysis revealed that showed lower than did control...

Abstract Previous research supports the distinction between proactive and reactive control. Although dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) has been consistently related to these processes, lateralization of control is still under debate. We manipulated brain activity investigate role left right DLPFC in cognitive Using a single-blind, sham-controlled crossover within-subjects design, 25 young healthy females performed ‘AX’ Continuous Performance Task after receiving sham vs active...

Abstract Rumination and worry are vulnerability factors involved in the early development of depression anxiety during adolescence, particularly girls. Current views conceptualize rumination as transdiagnostic forms repetitive negative thinking (RNT). However, most research has analyzed them separately, without considering gender differences. We common specific roles accounting for depressive symptom levels overall a function adolescents ( N = 159). items were loaded into separate RNT...

Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent psychological during emerging adulthood. Some consistent gender differences have been reported in anxiety with women suffering more than men, which has detrimental consequences life spheres youth and later stages. The understanding of development adulthood requires a developmental perspective. Developmental Assets Theory was postulated to describe individual contextual resources may foster positive mental health. present study aims analyze what extent...

Objetivo: Examinar la utilidad clínica de una terapia grupal basada en el Protocolo Unificado (UP) Barlow para reducir las dificultades regulación emocional, evitación experiencial y síntomas ansiosos. Método: Un total 55 pacientes (18-65 años, Medad = 48) atendidos por Centro Salud Mental (CSM) del Hospital Villalba (Madrid) participaron un programa presencial 8 sesiones con énfasis estrategias mindfulness. Resultados: Entre pre- post-tratamiento, sintomatología ansiosa emocional...

Low autobiographical memory specificity has been a commonly recurring phenomenon in depression. Difficulty remembering specific details tests related to rumination, although the nature of this relation is not clear yet. In present study, we evaluated differences overgeneral patterns between dysphoric (n=65) and nondysphoric participants (n=74) using free-recall method that may be more suitable for detecting than previously used methods. Furthermore, study examined whether maladaptive...

Attentional biases, namely difficulties both to disengage attention from negative information and maintain it on positive information, play an important role in the onset maintenance of disorder. Recently, researchers have developed specific attentional bias modification (ABM) techniques aimed modify these maladaptive patterns. However, application current ABM procedures has yielded, so far, scarce results depression due, part, some methodological shortcomings. The aim our protocol is a new...

The Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) is implicated in cognitive and emotional responses. Yet, research that investigates the causal role of left versus right DLPFC during processes emotion appraisal lacking. In current study, transcranial direct stimulation (tDCS) was used to disentangle functional lateralization on processing response anticipation of, subsequent confrontation with stimuli healthy volunteers.Forty-eight subjects received both active sham (on separate days) anodal tDCS...