Prepared for the best: Readiness to modify attentional processing and reduction in anxiety vulnerability in response to therapy
Individuals differ in the extent to which their vulnerability to anxiety is reduced by psychological therapy. However, the cognitive basis for such individual differences is still poorly understood. To test a cognitive account of differences in anxiety reduction in response to treatment, the present...
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American Psychological Association
2012
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| author | Clarke, Patrick Chen, N. Guastella, A. |
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| description | Individuals differ in the extent to which their vulnerability to anxiety is reduced by psychological therapy. However, the cognitive basis for such individual differences is still poorly understood. To test a cognitive account of differences in anxiety reduction in response to treatment, the present study examined individuals undergoing group therapy for social anxiety disorder. We assessed whether differences in their readiness to adopt selective attentional processing in response to an experimental contingency predicted positive changes in a range of anxiety measures in response to treatment. Findings were consistent with the position that readiness to alter attentional processing bias may underpin individual differences in the tendency to respond to positive experiential conditions, such as group therapy, by reducing anxiety vulnerability. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-64462017-09-13T14:39:14Z Prepared for the best: Readiness to modify attentional processing and reduction in anxiety vulnerability in response to therapy Clarke, Patrick Chen, N. Guastella, A. Individuals differ in the extent to which their vulnerability to anxiety is reduced by psychological therapy. However, the cognitive basis for such individual differences is still poorly understood. To test a cognitive account of differences in anxiety reduction in response to treatment, the present study examined individuals undergoing group therapy for social anxiety disorder. We assessed whether differences in their readiness to adopt selective attentional processing in response to an experimental contingency predicted positive changes in a range of anxiety measures in response to treatment. Findings were consistent with the position that readiness to alter attentional processing bias may underpin individual differences in the tendency to respond to positive experiential conditions, such as group therapy, by reducing anxiety vulnerability. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6446 10.1037/a0025592 American Psychological Association restricted |
| spellingShingle | Clarke, Patrick Chen, N. Guastella, A. Prepared for the best: Readiness to modify attentional processing and reduction in anxiety vulnerability in response to therapy |
| title | Prepared for the best: Readiness to modify attentional processing and reduction in anxiety vulnerability in response to therapy |
| title_full | Prepared for the best: Readiness to modify attentional processing and reduction in anxiety vulnerability in response to therapy |
| title_fullStr | Prepared for the best: Readiness to modify attentional processing and reduction in anxiety vulnerability in response to therapy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prepared for the best: Readiness to modify attentional processing and reduction in anxiety vulnerability in response to therapy |
| title_short | Prepared for the best: Readiness to modify attentional processing and reduction in anxiety vulnerability in response to therapy |
| title_sort | prepared for the best: readiness to modify attentional processing and reduction in anxiety vulnerability in response to therapy |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6446 |