The Longitudinal Interplay Between Attention Bias and Interpretation Bias in Social Anxiety in Adolescents

Henricks, Lisan A.; Lange, Wolf‐Gero; Luijten, Maartje; Berg, Yvonne H. M. van den; Stoltz, Sabine; Cillessen, Antonius H. N.; Becker, Eni S.

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“…We also expected negative AB to prospectively predict depression based on previous studies of adults (Beevers & Carver, 2003; Sanchez-Lopez et al, 2019; Yaroslavsky et al, 2019) and children (Cole et al, 2011; Hayden et al, 2014; Price et al, 2016). Given that parental depression also predicts offspring anxiety (Weissman et al, 2016) and IB have been found to prospectively predict symptoms of youth anxiety (Henricks et al, 2022), we explored the extent to which cognitive biases in children of depressed parents predicted the onset of anxiety symptoms. Finally, in line with diathesis-stress models of depression (e.g.…”

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The role of cognitive biases and negative life events in predicting later depressive symptoms in children and adolescents

Platt

Sfärlea

Löchner

et al. 2023

Journal of Experimental Psychopathology

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Aims Cognitive models propose that negative cognitive biases in attention (AB) and interpretation (IB) contribute to the onset of depression. This is the first prospective study to test this hypothesis in a sample of youth with no mental disorder. Methods Participants were 61 youth aged 9–14 years with no mental disorder. At baseline (T1) we measured AB (passive-viewing task), IB (scrambled sentences task) and self-report depressive symptoms. Thirty months later (T2) we measured onset of mental disorder, depressive symptoms and life events (parent- and child-report). The sample included children of parents with ( n = 31) and without ( n = 30) parental depression. Results Symptoms of depression at T2 were predicted by IB ( ß = .35, p = .01) but not AB ( ß = .05, p = .72) at T1. This effect was strongest for children who experienced multiple negative life events (F2,48 = 6.0, p = .018, ΔR2 = .08). IB did not predict depressive symptoms at T2 over-and-above the effect of depressive symptoms at T1 ( ß = .21, p = .13). Discussion These findings suggest that IB (but not AB) plays an important role in the aetiology of depression. Modifying IB may have a preventive effect on youth depression, particularly for youth who experience negative life events. This prospective study provides important foundations for future experimental studies.

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The role of cognitive biases and negative life events in predicting later depressive symptoms in children and adolescents

Platt

Sfärlea

Löchner

et al. 2023

Journal of Experimental Psychopathology

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An Integrative Model of Youth Anxiety: Cognitive-Affective Processes and Parenting in Developmental Context

Allen,

Tan,

Sullivan

et al. 2023

Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev

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Intergenerational Transmission of Social Anxiety: The Role of Parents’ Fear of Negative Child Evaluation and Their Self-Referent and Child-Referent Interpretation Biases

Dülger,

Van Bockstaele,

Majdandžić

et al. 2024

Cogn Ther Res

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Purpose Parents’ fear of negative evaluation (FNE), fear of negative child evaluation (FNCE; parents’ fear that their child is evaluated negatively by others), and self- and child-referent negative interpretation biases have been proposed to play a role in the intergenerational transmission of social anxiety. In this cross-sectional study, we tested whether parents’ self-reported FNE and self-referent interpretation bias, as well as their FNCE and child-referent interpretation bias, statistically mediated the relationship between parent social anxiety and parent-reported child social anxiety. Methods A total of 179 parents of 13–16-year-old adolescents completed questionnaires concerning own social anxiety, their FNE, and FNCE and their child’s social anxiety. Parents’ self- and child-referent interpretation biases were measured using scenario completion and memory recognition tasks. Results Parents’ FNCE partially statistically mediated the relationship between parent and child social anxiety. Parents’ FNE and their self- and child-referent interpretation biases did, however, not statistically mediate this relationship. Conclusions Parents’ FNCE does, but their FNE and self- and child-referent interpretation biases do not seem to play a role in the intergenerational transmission of social anxiety. Hence, parents’ FNCE might be a promising target for clinical practice while designing therapies and interventions concerning child social anxiety.

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The Longitudinal Interplay Between Attention Bias and Interpretation Bias in Social Anxiety in Adolescents

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The role of cognitive biases and negative life events in predicting later depressive symptoms in children and adolescents

The role of cognitive biases and negative life events in predicting later depressive symptoms in children and adolescents

An Integrative Model of Youth Anxiety: Cognitive-Affective Processes and Parenting in Developmental Context

Intergenerational Transmission of Social Anxiety: The Role of Parents’ Fear of Negative Child Evaluation and Their Self-Referent and Child-Referent Interpretation Biases

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