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Reducing State Anxiety Using Working Memory Maintenance

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Trained interpretive bias: validity and effects on anxiety.

Elske Salemink¹, Marcel van den Hout, Merel Kindt

¹Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80140, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands. e.salemink@fss.uu.nl <e.salemink@fss.uu.nl>

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This study validated a training procedure linking interpretation bias and anxiety. While effective on direct measures, its impact on indirect tasks and anxiety levels requires further investigation.

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Reducing State Anxiety Using Working Memory Maintenance

Reducing State Anxiety Using Working Memory Maintenance

Published on: July 19, 2017

Area of Science:

Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Cognitive Psychology

Background:

Interpretation bias is linked to anxiety.
Mathews and Mackintosh (2000) developed a training procedure to study this link.
The current study aimed to validate this paradigm.

Purpose of the Study:

To test the effects of interpretation training on less related tasks.
To assess the robustness of training effects on state and trait anxiety.
To examine the causal relationship between interpretive bias and anxiety.

Main Methods:

Employed a training procedure to induce interpretation bias.
Utilized original dependent measures (reaction time, recognition).
Introduced new measures: homograph EAST and open-ended questionnaire.

Main Results:

Training successfully altered interpretations on original measures.
No significant changes were observed on the EAST and questionnaire measures.
Evidence supported the link between biased interpretations and anxiety levels.

Conclusions:

The interpretation training paradigm shows viability.
Findings suggest potential measurement artifacts or alternative explanations for indirect task results.
The paradigm has implications for clinical practice in managing anxiety.