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    Prepared for the best: Readiness to modify attentional processing and reduction in anxiety vulnerability in response to therapy

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    Clarke, Patrick
    Chen, N.
    Guastella, A.
    Date
    2012
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Clarke, P. and Chen, N. and Guastella, A. 2012. Prepared for the best: Readiness to modify attentional processing and reduction in anxiety vulnerability in response to therapy. Emotion. 12 (3): pp. 487-494.
    Source Title
    Emotion
    DOI
    10.1037/a0025592
    ISSN
    1931-1516
    School
    School of Psychology and Speech Pathology
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6446
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Individuals differ in the extent to which their vulnerability to anxiety is reduced by psychological therapy. However, the cognitive basis for such individual differences is still poorly understood. To test a cognitive account of differences in anxiety reduction in response to treatment, the present study examined individuals undergoing group therapy for social anxiety disorder. We assessed whether differences in their readiness to adopt selective attentional processing in response to an experimental contingency predicted positive changes in a range of anxiety measures in response to treatment. Findings were consistent with the position that readiness to alter attentional processing bias may underpin individual differences in the tendency to respond to positive experiential conditions, such as group therapy, by reducing anxiety vulnerability.

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