Anxiety Sensitivity and Experiential Avoidance: Relations with Anxiety Severity and Treatment Outcomes in Anxious Youth
ConclusionsFindings suggest similarity in AS and EA, and that both constructs may be adequately and equally addressed in CBT. Future research could consider examining change in AS and EA and anxiety across treatment in diverse populations. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - July 4, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Association Between Judgment Biases During Facial Processing and Body Dysmorphic Symptomatology
ConclusionsThese findings are consistent with a potential relevance of EPAS in maintaining dysmorphic concern. Associations with cognitive-behavioral factors highlight potential benefits of modifying these bias patterns during visually oriented interventions. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - June 30, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The Relationship Between Body Mass Index, Implicit Weight Bias, and Social Anxiety in Undergraduate Women
ConclusionsTherapeutic interventions for SA among individuals with high BMI should explore internalized weight stigma, which may take the form of implicit attitudes or beliefs. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - June 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Reasons for the Belief that Psychotherapy is Less Effective for Biologically Attributed Mental Disorders
ConclusionsBy identifying these beliefs, the current findings offer specific strategies to mitigate the lessened perceived effectiveness of psychotherapy for mental disorders with biological etiologies. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - June 26, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Correction to: Microaggressions and Cannabis-Related Problems Among Black Adults: The Roles of Negative Affect and Cannabis Use Motives
(Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - June 26, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Attachment Insecurity and Depression: The Mediating Role of Interpersonal Emotion Regulation
ConclusionsThese results account for increasing risk of depression due to a vicious cycle in which anxious attached individuals use venting and reassurance-seek with the aim of decreasing their negative emotions, but reach the opposite result of exacerbating negative moods. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - June 20, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Math-Failure Associations, Attentional Biases, and Avoidance Bias: The Relationship with Math Anxiety and Behaviour in Adolescents
ConclusionsWhereas a more reliable instrument for avoidance bias is necessary for conclusions on the relations with math performance and behaviour, the current results do suggest that math-failure associations, and not attentional bias, may play a role in the maintenance of math anxiety. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - June 20, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The Role of Negative Posttraumatic Cognitions in the Treatment of Patients with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
ConclusionsOur findings suggest that PTC about the self play a more general and PTC about the world a more specific role in the treatment of PTSD. Further research is needed to clarify the role of self-blame in the treatment. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - June 16, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Identifying Central Negative Thoughts Using Experience Sampling and Network Analysis
ConclusionsAdopting a theoretical approach has proven helpful in providing concrete targets for therapy instead of just identifying central symptoms, as it is typically done in network studies. Future network studies could also consider adopting an approach based on a psychotherapeutic theory about the aetiology of psychopathology. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - June 15, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Beyond Face Value: Assessing the Factor Structure of an Eye-Tracking Based Attention Bias Task
ConclusionTotal dwell time by valence had the best psychometrics in terms of internal consistency and unidimensionality. This study demonstrates the importance of assessing whether trial-level data load onto a general factor, as not all metrics are equivalent, even when derived from the same task data. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - June 15, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Evaluating Distress Tolerance and Anxiety Sensitivity as Simultaneous and Concurrent Transdiagnostic Risk Factors for Smoking Quit Problems and Perceived Barriers for Cessation
ConclusionsThe current findings help elucidate the individual effects of distress tolerance and anxiety sensitivity in one overarching smoking model, thereby refining our understanding of these transdiagnostic factors in terms of clinically-relevant smoking processes. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - June 15, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Development and Validation of the Revised Chinese Version of Intolerance of Uncertainty Index-A for Children: A Large-Scale Study Among Chinese Adolescents
ConclusionsThe RCIUI-A-C is a valid and reliable measurement for Chinese adolescents of different genders and ages, which allows for efficient and rapid evaluation of IU. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - June 12, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The Effectiveness of Interpersonal Emotion Regulation and the Role of Anxiety in Parent-adolescent Relationships
ConclusionsThe study has significant clinical implications, providing a behavioral tool to decrease distress in highly anxious individuals during the challenging times of pre-adulthood. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - June 9, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Emotion Dysregulation in Patients with Eating Disorders: The Role of Metacognitions and Repetitive Negative Thinking
ConclusionsAmong patients with EDs emotion dysregulation appears to be associated with the endorsement of beliefs about the need to control thoughts and worry. Beliefs about the need to control thoughts and worry could be a suitable therapeutic target to reduce emotion dysregulation among patients with EDs. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - June 8, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Self-Reported Worries in Young People During the COVID-19 Pandemic
ConclusionThese findings highlight the need for tailored interventions depending on the major concerns for young people of different ages, sexes, ethnicities, and SES. (Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research)
Source: Cognitive Therapy and Research - June 3, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
