Enhanced effects of combined cognitive bias modification and computerised cognitive behaviour therapy on social anxiety
This study examines whether combined cognitive bias modification for interpretative biases (CBM-I) and computerised cognitive behaviour therapy (C-CBT) can produce enhanced positive effects on interpretation biases and social anxiety. Forty socially anxious students were randomly assigned into two c...
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| description | This study examines whether combined cognitive bias modification for interpretative biases (CBM-I) and computerised cognitive behaviour therapy (C-CBT) can produce enhanced positive effects on interpretation biases and social anxiety. Forty socially anxious students were randomly assigned into two conditions, an intervention group (positive CBM-I + C-CBT) or an active control (neutral CBM-I + C-CBT). At pre-test, participants completed measures of social anxiety, interpretative bias, cognitive distortions, and social and work adjustment. They were exposed to 6 × 30 min sessions of web-based interventions including three sessions of either positive or neutral CBM-I and three sessions of C-CBT, one session per day. At post-test and two-week follow-up, participants completed the baseline measures. A combined positive CBM-I + C-CBT produced less negative interpretations of ambiguous situations than neutral CBM-I + C-CBT. The results also showed that both positive CBM-I + C-CBT and neutral CBM-I + C-CBT reduced social anxiety and cognitive distortions as well as improving work and social adjustment. However, greater effect sizes were observed in the positive CBM-I + C-CBT condition than the control. This indicates that adding positive CBM-I to C-CBT enhanced the training effects on social anxiety, cognitive distortions, and social and work adjustment compared to the neutral CBM-I + C-CBT condition. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-56c34f44d6be48158ef05a3201bdfded2022-12-21T18:14:08ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Psychology2331-19082015-12-012110.1080/23311908.2015.10119051011905Enhanced effects of combined cognitive bias modification and computerised cognitive behaviour therapy on social anxietyEmma Butler0Sirous Mobini1Ronald M. Rapee2Bundy Mackintosh3Shirley A. Reynolds4University of NewcastleUniversity of NewcastleMacquarie UniversityUniversity of EssexCharlie Waller Institute, University of ReadingThis study examines whether combined cognitive bias modification for interpretative biases (CBM-I) and computerised cognitive behaviour therapy (C-CBT) can produce enhanced positive effects on interpretation biases and social anxiety. Forty socially anxious students were randomly assigned into two conditions, an intervention group (positive CBM-I + C-CBT) or an active control (neutral CBM-I + C-CBT). At pre-test, participants completed measures of social anxiety, interpretative bias, cognitive distortions, and social and work adjustment. They were exposed to 6 × 30 min sessions of web-based interventions including three sessions of either positive or neutral CBM-I and three sessions of C-CBT, one session per day. At post-test and two-week follow-up, participants completed the baseline measures. A combined positive CBM-I + C-CBT produced less negative interpretations of ambiguous situations than neutral CBM-I + C-CBT. The results also showed that both positive CBM-I + C-CBT and neutral CBM-I + C-CBT reduced social anxiety and cognitive distortions as well as improving work and social adjustment. However, greater effect sizes were observed in the positive CBM-I + C-CBT condition than the control. This indicates that adding positive CBM-I to C-CBT enhanced the training effects on social anxiety, cognitive distortions, and social and work adjustment compared to the neutral CBM-I + C-CBT condition.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2015.1011905social anxietycognitive bias modificationcomputerised cognitive behaviour therapy |
| spellingShingle | Emma Butler Sirous Mobini Ronald M. Rapee Bundy Mackintosh Shirley A. Reynolds Enhanced effects of combined cognitive bias modification and computerised cognitive behaviour therapy on social anxiety Cogent Psychology social anxiety cognitive bias modification computerised cognitive behaviour therapy |
| title | Enhanced effects of combined cognitive bias modification and computerised cognitive behaviour therapy on social anxiety |
| title_full | Enhanced effects of combined cognitive bias modification and computerised cognitive behaviour therapy on social anxiety |
| title_fullStr | Enhanced effects of combined cognitive bias modification and computerised cognitive behaviour therapy on social anxiety |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhanced effects of combined cognitive bias modification and computerised cognitive behaviour therapy on social anxiety |
| title_short | Enhanced effects of combined cognitive bias modification and computerised cognitive behaviour therapy on social anxiety |
| title_sort | enhanced effects of combined cognitive bias modification and computerised cognitive behaviour therapy on social anxiety |
| topic | social anxiety cognitive bias modification computerised cognitive behaviour therapy |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2015.1011905 |
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