一次单一的反训练修改了高社会焦虑症患者的解释偏见:一个随机对照试验
Jisu Choi1, Geunyoung Kim2, Jae-Won Yang1
1Department of Psychology, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, Korea.
The British journal of clinical psychology
|November 4, 2024
概括
反培训显著减少了高社会焦虑症患者对情感面部的解释偏见. 虽然社交焦虑症状减少了,但与对照组相比,这种变化在统计学上并不显著.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会神经科学是一种社会神经科学.
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
背景情况:
- 准确地解释面部表情对于社会功能至关重要.
- 社会焦虑障碍与对情感面部表情有偏见的解释有关.
- 了解和修改这种偏见是改善社会适应的关键.
研究的目的:
- 调查反培训在改变解释偏差方面的有效性.
- 评估这项培训对高度社会焦虑的个体的影响.
- 探索社会焦虑障碍的潜在治疗途径.
主要方法:
- 选了451名大学生;69名具有高社会焦虑的人被随机分配到培训 (n=37) 或控制 (n=32) 组.
- 参与者评价了模两可的面部表情;培训组对他们的情感感知得到了逐试反.
- 实验前和后的问卷测量了社会焦虑和抑郁症状.
主要成果:
- 培训组表明,对快乐和愤怒的面孔的解释偏差有显著的减少.
- 在对照组中没有观察到解释偏差的显著减少.
- 训练组的社会焦虑症状有所减少,但与对照组相比,这在统计学上并不显著.
结论:
- 针对情绪感知的反训练表明,它有望纠正高社会焦虑的解释偏见.
- 通过多次会议进行进一步的研究可能会提高偏见的减少和症状的改善.
- 这种培训干预措施的长期影响需要进一步研究.
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