Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Interpretation biases"”.
-
Increasing an individuals trait gratitude by modifying interpretation biases
… disposition of gratitude can be modified through Interpretation Bias Modification (IBM) techniques. This research should help us understand the causal relationship between interpretation-bias and gratitude. Because gratitude is vital to subjective well-being (SWB), enhancing one’s disposition for …
-
SHARED AND UNIQUE PATTERNS OF RESTING-STATE FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY LINKED TO ATTENTIONAL AND INTERPRETATION BIASES
… number of studies have shown that cognitive biases are associated with the development and maintenance of depression and anxiety. Relative to healthy controls, individuals who are vulnerable for affective disorders prioritize their attentional focus on more negative stimuli and interpret …
-
Effortful Control, Interpretation Biases, and Child Anxiety Symptom Severity in a Sample of Children with Anxiety Disorders
… control) and anxiety symptom severity, by way of interpretation biases, in a diverse sample of clinically anxious youth. It was hypothesized that effortful control would be inversely related to interpretation biases and child anxiety symptoms. It was also hypothesized that interpretation biases …
-
Interpretation Bias in Anxious Mothers and Their Children: Can Interpretation Modification Affect the Intergenerational Transmission of Anxiety?
… area of research has demonstrated that interpretation biases play a causal role in the onset of anxiety, and by training interpretation biases towards benign interpretations of ambiguity, experimental paradigms can be used to decrease levels of clinical and trait anxiety in both adults …
-
A feasibility study into the efficacy of a three session Cognitive Bias Modification for Interpretation (CBM-I) training, with Implementation Intentions (II), for adolescents experiencing high levels of social anxiety: A single-case series.
… has found that Cognitive Bias Modification for Interpretation (CBM-I) is effective for modifying interpretation biases and reducing anxiety in adults (e.g., Mathews & Mackintosh, 2000). Beard (2011) recommended investigating the effectiveness of CBM-I in adolescents, particularly those …
-
Modifying interpretation bias in adolescents with clinical levels of social phobia: An explorative case design series using Cognitive Bias Modification.
Cognitive Bias Modification for interpretation bias (CBM-I) is a procedure which has been found to successfully modify interpretation bias and anxiety symptoms. To date, very few studies have investigated the efficacy of CBM-I with adolescents. This research investigated the application of a …
-
Can gratitude interpretation bias modification training reduce the effects of narcissism?
… was to examine the effectiveness of gratitude interpretation bias training in decreasing narcissism. This is important because of gratitude’s consistent ability to increase subjective well-being and improve relationships. Because narcissism has been shown to inhibit gratitude, decreasing …
-
Manipulation of Positive Perception of Others Through Cognitive Bias Modification
… the effect of Cognitive Bias Modification of Interpretation (CBM-I) on positive perception of others (PPO). Past research has shown that there are consistent individual differences in interpersonal perception that are associated with important life outcomes including aggression and personality …
-
Investigating the Role of Cognitive Biases as a Risk Factor for Depression
… (Hirsch, Clark, & Mathews, 2006), cognitive biases in attention, memory, and interpretation have been posited as an underlying vulnerability to the maintenance and recurrence of depressive episodes. While research supports the presence of these biases during current depressive episodes, there …
-
Emotion recogniton in students with social anxiety: loving-kindness as an intervention
… causes for these deficits include: (1) negative interpretation biases for ambiguous social stimuli and (2) negatively biased self-focused and others-focused attention in social situations— which can impede an accurate appraisal of how one is being evaluated. Mindfulness-based interventions target …
-
Cognitive Bias Modification & Exercise
… of the relationship between cognitive interpretation bias, physical exercise and mental well-being, specifically anxiety. The thesis begins with two studies which measure the effect of physical exercise on typical individual’s interpretation biases and measures of mental well-being. …
-
Integrating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Processes with Information-Processing Theory in Anxious Early Adolescents
… assumes several cognitive steps (encoding, interpretation, response access, and selection). It has been shown that anxious youth display deficits or distortions at various stages of the social I-P model. In response to ambiguous situations, they show threat perception and interpretation …