Effects of attention bias modification for anxiety: Neurophysiological indices and moderation by symptom severity.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Attention bias modification (ABM) aims to decrease anxiety symptom severity through the reduction of threat-related attention bias (AB). Individual differences in treatment response and poor measurement reliability of AB have called its clinical promise into question. The current study examined whether individual differences in anxiety severity at baseline moderated treatment response, and employed both behavioral and neurophysiological metrics of AB.

Methods

Participants (N = 99) were randomly assigned to four weeks of ABM or placebo control training (PT). Self-reported anxiety symptom severity, and AB metrics and ERPs generated during the dot probe task were collected at baseline (Time 1), one-week post-intervention (Time 5), and at a three-month follow-up (Time

SUBMITTER: Dennis Tiwary TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9974920 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature