Leung, Chantel J and Yiend, Jenny and Trotta, Antonella and Lee, Tatia MC (2022) The combined cognitive bias hypothesis in anxiety: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 89. p. 102575. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2022.102575
Leung, Chantel J and Yiend, Jenny and Trotta, Antonella and Lee, Tatia MC (2022) The combined cognitive bias hypothesis in anxiety: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 89. p. 102575. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2022.102575
Leung, Chantel J and Yiend, Jenny and Trotta, Antonella and Lee, Tatia MC (2022) The combined cognitive bias hypothesis in anxiety: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 89. p. 102575. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2022.102575
Abstract
Cognitive theories have postulated the relational nature of different cognitive biases in the development and maintenance of anxiety disorders. To test this combined cognitive bias hypothesis, this review addressed the following questions: (i) whether different cognitive biases are associated with each other and (ii) whether one bias influences another bias. We identified 36 articles that studied the relationship between cognitive biases (attention, interpretation and memory bias). Of these, 31 studies were entered into two meta-analyses. Sixteen studies were included in the first meta-analysis of the correlation between cognitive bias indices. A further 15 studies were included in another meta-analysis to examine the transfer effects of cognitive bias modification (CBM) to another bias. Both meta-analyses yielded small but significant overall pooled effect sizes after the removal of outliers (r = 0.11 and g = 0.19 respectively). Moderator analyses revealed that the relationship between interpretation and memory bias was significantly stronger than other types of cognitive bias correlations and CBM is more potent in modifying biases when it was delivered in the laboratory compared with online. Our review quantifies the strength of the relationships between biases and transfer effects following CBM, which serves as a basis to further understand the mechanisms underlying biased information processing.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | anxiety; attention bias; Combined cognitive bias hypothesis; Interpretation bias; Memory bias |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Health and Social Care, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 15 Jun 2022 12:45 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 21:09 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/33000 |
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