Internet-based attention bias modification for social anxiety: a randomised controlled comparison of training towards negative and training towards positive cues.

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Biases in attention processes are thought to play a crucial role in the aetiology and maintenance of Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD). The goal of the present study was to examine the efficacy of a programme intended to train attention towards positive cues and a programme intended to train attention towards negative cues. In a randomised, controlled, double-blind design, the impact of these two training conditions on both selective attention and social anxiety were compared to that of a control training condition. A modified dot probe task was used, and delivered via the internet. A total of 129 individuals, diagnosed with SAD, were randomly assigned to one of these three conditions and took part in a 14-day programme with daily training/control sessions. Participants in a

SUBMITTER: Boettcher J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3787061 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature