Transitioning to college: Testing cognitive bias modification for interpretations as an inoculation tool for social anxiety in college first-years

CONCLUSIONS: Data tentatively support CBM-I for first-year students to increase social adjustment. Further, mediation findings provide support for targeting interpretation biases to improve social anxiety and adjustment outcomes. Yet, CBM-I did not outperform ST in improving social anxiety symptoms or other areas of college adjustment, and effect sizes were small, suggesting that more work is needed to amplify the potential of CBM-I as a therapeutic tool.PMID:38489952 | DOI:10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.101961

Source: Behavior Therapy - March 15, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sarah E Dreyer-Oren Akanksha Das Rachel B Geyer Robert E Fite Elizabeth J Kiel Elise M Clerkin Source Type: research