Attentional bias modification for social anxiety disorder: what do patients think and why does it matter?

JM Kuckertz, CA Schofield, EM Clerkin… - Behavioural and …, 2019 - cambridge.org
Background: In the past decade, a great deal of research has examined the efficacy and
mechanisms of attentional bias modification (ABM), a computerized cognitive training …

A pilot study of an adaptive, idiographic, and multi-component attention bias modification program for social anxiety disorder

N Amir, JM Kuckertz, MV Strege - Cognitive therapy and research, 2016 - Springer
An attentional bias toward threat may be one mechanism underlying clinical anxiety.
Attention bias modification (ABM) aims to reduce symptoms of anxiety disorders by directly …

Attention bias modification for social anxiety: A systematic review and meta-analysis

A Heeren, C Mogoașe, P Philippot… - Clinical psychology review, 2015 - Elsevier
Research on attention bias modification (ABM) for social anxiety disorder (SAD) is
inconclusive, with some studies finding clear positive effects and other studies finding no …

A pilot randomized clinical trial of cognitive behavioral therapy versus attentional bias modification for social anxiety disorder: An examination of outcomes and theory …

JD Huppert, Y Kivity, L Cohen, AY Strauss… - Journal of Anxiety …, 2018 - Elsevier
No studies have compared face-to-face cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and attention
bias modification (ABM) for social anxiety disorder (SAD) and their purported mechanisms …

Attention and interpretation bias modification treatment for social anxiety disorder: A randomized clinical trial of efficacy and synergy

R Naim, Y Kivity, Y Bar-Haim, JD Huppert - Journal of Behavior Therapy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background and objectives Attention bias modification treatment (ABMT) and cognitive bias
modification of interpretation (CBM-I) both have demonstrated efficacy in alleviating social …

Training Gains and Losses: Their Link with Treatment Effects of Attention Bias Modification for Anxiety

Y Li, H Cho, JL de Rutte, TA Dennis-Tiwary - Journal of Psychopathology …, 2024 - Springer
The goal of attention bias modification (ABM) for anxiety is to systematically reduce the
anxiety-related attention bias (AB) and ameliorate anxiety severity. Yet, few studies have …

Does attention redirection contribute to the effectiveness of attention bias modification on social anxiety?

N Yao, H Yu, M Qian, S Li - Journal of anxiety disorders, 2015 - Elsevier
Attention bias modification (ABM) is designed to modify threat-related attention bias and thus
alleviate anxiety. The current research examined whether consistently directing attention …

The influence of attention biases and adult attachment style on treatment outcome for adults with social anxiety disorder

Y Byrow, L Peters - Journal of affective disorders, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Attention biases figure prominently in CBT models of social anxiety and are
thought to maintain symptoms of social anxiety disorder (SAD). Studies have shown that …

Age moderates link between training effects and treatment response to attention bias modification treatment for social anxiety disorder

R Abend, R Naim, L Pergamin-Hight, NA Fox… - Journal of abnormal …, 2019 - Springer
Attention bias modification treatment (ABMT) aims to reduce anxiety symptoms via practice
on computerized attention training tasks. Despite evidence of efficacy, clinical effects appear …

Attention bias modification treatment for adolescents with social anxiety disorder

TH Ollendick, SW White, J Richey, J Kim-Spoon… - Behavior therapy, 2019 - Elsevier
Social anxiety disorder (SAD) tends to emerge during the early teenage years and is
particularly refractory to change even when standard evidence-based CBT treatments are …