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The Differential Effects of Written and Spoken Presentation for the Modification of Interpretation and Judgmental Bias in Children

Background: Interpretation training programs, in which individuals are trained to interpret ambiguous scenarios in either a negative or benign way, have proven effective in altering anxiety-related cognitive biases in both children and adults. Aims: The current study investigated whether the effects...

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Autores principales: Vassilopoulos, Stephanos P., Blackwell, Simon E., Misailidi, Plousia, Kyritsi, Alexandra, Ayfanti, Maria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4162484/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23663409
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1352465813000301
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author Vassilopoulos, Stephanos P.
Blackwell, Simon E.
Misailidi, Plousia
Kyritsi, Alexandra
Ayfanti, Maria
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Blackwell, Simon E.
Misailidi, Plousia
Kyritsi, Alexandra
Ayfanti, Maria
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description Background: Interpretation training programs, in which individuals are trained to interpret ambiguous scenarios in either a negative or benign way, have proven effective in altering anxiety-related cognitive biases in both children and adults. Aims: The current study investigated whether the effects of the interpretation training procedure in children are differentiated according to the mode of presentation of the training. Method: Ninety-four primary school children (aged 10–12 years) scoring above the mean on a social anxiety scale were randomly allocated to four groups, in which they were trained using written or spoken presentation of training materials in either the negative or benign direction. Results: For the negative training, children who heard the training material spoken aloud (spoken presentation) made more negative interpretations of ambiguous social events, compared to children who read the training material (written presentation). However, for the benign training, there was less clear evidence for a differentiation of the effects between the two modes of presentation, although children in the spoken presentation group performed better in a stressful task and showed a trend to rate their mood as more positive after the task than children in the written presentation group. Conclusions: These results not only forward our understanding of the mechanism of the genesis of cognitive bias in children, but also highlight the need for further investigation of how to optimize the effectiveness of interpretation training in children.
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spelling pubmed-41624842014-09-15 The Differential Effects of Written and Spoken Presentation for the Modification of Interpretation and Judgmental Bias in Children Vassilopoulos, Stephanos P. Blackwell, Simon E. Misailidi, Plousia Kyritsi, Alexandra Ayfanti, Maria Behav Cogn Psychother Research Article Background: Interpretation training programs, in which individuals are trained to interpret ambiguous scenarios in either a negative or benign way, have proven effective in altering anxiety-related cognitive biases in both children and adults. Aims: The current study investigated whether the effects of the interpretation training procedure in children are differentiated according to the mode of presentation of the training. Method: Ninety-four primary school children (aged 10–12 years) scoring above the mean on a social anxiety scale were randomly allocated to four groups, in which they were trained using written or spoken presentation of training materials in either the negative or benign direction. Results: For the negative training, children who heard the training material spoken aloud (spoken presentation) made more negative interpretations of ambiguous social events, compared to children who read the training material (written presentation). However, for the benign training, there was less clear evidence for a differentiation of the effects between the two modes of presentation, although children in the spoken presentation group performed better in a stressful task and showed a trend to rate their mood as more positive after the task than children in the written presentation group. Conclusions: These results not only forward our understanding of the mechanism of the genesis of cognitive bias in children, but also highlight the need for further investigation of how to optimize the effectiveness of interpretation training in children. Cambridge University Press 2014-09 2013-05-13 /pmc/articles/PMC4162484/ /pubmed/23663409 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1352465813000301 Text en © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 2013 The online version of this article is published within an Open Access environment subject to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike licence <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/>. The written permission of Cambridge University Press must be obtained for commercial re-use.
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Ayfanti, Maria
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title_short The Differential Effects of Written and Spoken Presentation for the Modification of Interpretation and Judgmental Bias in Children
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4162484/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23663409
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1352465813000301
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