TY - JOUR
T1 - A pilot randomized clinical trial of cognitive behavioral therapy versus attentional bias modification for social anxiety disorder
T2 - An examination of outcomes and theory-based mechanisms
AU - Huppert, Jonathan D.
AU - Kivity, Yogev
AU - Cohen, Lior
AU - Strauss, Asher Y.
AU - Elizur, Yoni
AU - Weiss, Michal
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Roni Pener-Tessler, Ariela Friedman, Yael Milgram, Shai Avishay, Michal Kovacs, and Maayan Langmass for their help in data collection. We thank Amit Bernstein and Arik Zvielli for calculation of the attentional bias scores. Research for this manuscript was supported by a grant from the Israel Science Foundation (grant #332/09 ) and from the Milton Rosenbaum Foundation to Jonathan Huppert .
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© 2018 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2018/10
Y1 - 2018/10
N2 - No studies have compared face-to-face cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and attention bias modification (ABM) for social anxiety disorder (SAD) and their purported mechanisms. We asked: 1) Is CBT more effective than ABM? and 2) Are changes in attentional biases and cognitions temporally related to symptom change? Forty-three patients were randomly assigned to 8 sessions of ABM or up to 20 sessions of individual CBT. Intent-to-treat results revealed that CBT was superior to ABM in response rates and on symptom measures at endpoint, but not on other measures. No differences were found on measures in rates of change between CBT and ABM. Frequency of negative cognitions changed in both groups and negative beliefs changed only in CBT. Attentional bias did not change in either group. Cognitive changes bidirectionally correlated with symptom change in cross-lagged analyses in CBT, but not in ABM, suggesting a reciprocal relationship. Trial-level bias away from negative faces was simultaneously related to symptom change in ABM only. Results suggest that CBT is superior to ABM when administered at their typical doses, but raise questions given the similar rates of change. In addition, results support theories of cognitive change and raise questions about changes in attentional biases in CBT.
AB - No studies have compared face-to-face cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and attention bias modification (ABM) for social anxiety disorder (SAD) and their purported mechanisms. We asked: 1) Is CBT more effective than ABM? and 2) Are changes in attentional biases and cognitions temporally related to symptom change? Forty-three patients were randomly assigned to 8 sessions of ABM or up to 20 sessions of individual CBT. Intent-to-treat results revealed that CBT was superior to ABM in response rates and on symptom measures at endpoint, but not on other measures. No differences were found on measures in rates of change between CBT and ABM. Frequency of negative cognitions changed in both groups and negative beliefs changed only in CBT. Attentional bias did not change in either group. Cognitive changes bidirectionally correlated with symptom change in cross-lagged analyses in CBT, but not in ABM, suggesting a reciprocal relationship. Trial-level bias away from negative faces was simultaneously related to symptom change in ABM only. Results suggest that CBT is superior to ABM when administered at their typical doses, but raise questions given the similar rates of change. In addition, results support theories of cognitive change and raise questions about changes in attentional biases in CBT.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.janxdis.2018.08.002
DO - 10.1016/j.janxdis.2018.08.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 30103187
AN - SCOPUS:85051248727
SN - 0887-6185
VL - 59
SP - 1
EP - 9
JO - Journal of Anxiety Disorders
JF - Journal of Anxiety Disorders
ER -