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Reducing State Anxiety Using Working Memory Maintenance

Reducing State Anxiety Using Working Memory Maintenance

Published on: July 19, 2017

Combining Unguided Web-Based Attentional Bias Modification and Affective Working Memory Training to Decrease Anxiety:

M D Nuijs^1,2, H Larsen¹, A M Klein^1,3

¹Developmental Psychology, Adapt Lab, Research Priority Area Yield, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Cognitive Therapy and Research

|July 28, 2025

Summary

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This study found that combining web-based Attentional Bias Modification (ABM) with Working Memory Training (WMT) did not reduce trait anxiety more than control conditions. While ABM reduced attentional bias, the combined approach lacked significant anxiety-reducing effects.

Keywords:

Adults Attentional bias modification State anxiety Trait anxiety Web-based Working memory training

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Psychology
Cognitive Science
Clinical Psychology

Background:

Cognitive vulnerability to anxiety involves attentional biases and control processes.
Simultaneously targeting these mechanisms may be optimal for anxiety reduction.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the efficacy of combined web-based Attentional Bias Modification (ABM) and affective Working Memory Training (WMT) in reducing trait anxiety.
To examine if state anxiety moderates the effects of ABM.

Main Methods:

A pre-registered randomized controlled trial with 433 adults with heightened trait anxiety.
A 2x2 factorial design combining active/control ABM with active/control WMT.
Trait anxiety, Attentional Bias (AB), and Working Memory (WM) capacity were assessed at multiple time points.

Main Results:

Participants showed a general decrease in trait anxiety over time, irrespective of training.
ABM training led to greater reductions in AB, but WMT did not improve WM capacity compared to controls.
No moderating effects of state anxiety, baseline AB, or WM capacity were found.

Conclusions:

The combined web-based ABM and WMT, without therapist support, was not effective in reducing trait anxiety beyond control conditions.
Further research may be needed to optimize digital interventions for anxiety.
The study was registered in the Netherlands Trial Register (NTR-NL4525).