Attention bias modification for social anxiety: A systematic review and meta-analysis

A Heeren, C Mogoașe, P Philippot… - Clinical psychology review, 2015 - Elsevier
Research on attention bias modification (ABM) for social anxiety disorder (SAD) is
inconclusive, with some studies finding clear positive effects and other studies finding no …

A cognitive-behavioral model of social anxiety disorder

RG Heimberg, FA Brozovich, RM Rapee - Social anxiety, 2014 - Elsevier
Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is one of the most common and impairing psychological
disorders. To advance our understanding of SAD, several researchers have put forth …

An integrative network approach to social anxiety disorder: The complex dynamic interplay among attentional bias for threat, attentional control, and symptoms

A Heeren, RJ McNally - Journal of anxiety disorders, 2016 - Elsevier
Cognitive models posit that social anxiety disorder (SAD) is associated with and maintained
by biased attention allocation vis-à-vis social threat. However, over the last decade, there …

Attention training toward and away from threat in social phobia: Effects on subjective, behavioral, and physiological measures of anxiety

A Heeren, HE Reese, RJ McNally, P Philippot - Behaviour research and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Social phobics exhibit an attentional bias for threat in probe detection and probe
discrimination paradigms. Attention training programs, in which probes always replace …

Does attention bias modification improve attentional control? A double-blind randomized experiment with individuals with social anxiety disorder

A Heeren, C Mogoaşe, RJ McNally, A Schmitz… - Journal of anxiety …, 2015 - Elsevier
People with anxiety disorders often exhibit an attentional bias for threat. Attention bias
modification (ABM) procedure may reduce this bias, thereby diminishing anxiety symptoms …

Impact of transcranial direct current stimulation on attentional bias for threat: a proof-of-concept study among individuals with social anxiety disorder

A Heeren, J Billieux, P Philippot… - Social cognitive and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Cognitive models posit that social anxiety disorder (SAD) is associated with and maintained
by attentional bias (AB) for social threat. However, over the last years, it has been suggested …

Social anxiety disorder as a densely interconnected network of fear and avoidance for social situations

A Heeren, RJ McNally - Cognitive Therapy and Research, 2018 - Springer
The hallmark symptoms of social anxiety disorder (SAD) are fear and avoidance of social
evaluative situations. Yet, even people without SAD sometimes fear and avoid certain social …

[HTML][HTML] The role of self-esteem in triggering and maintaining gaming for people with gaming disorder cut-off scores and above average gaming disorder scores: A …

M Kavanagh, C Brett, C Brignell - Computers in Human Behavior, 2024 - Elsevier
Correlational research indicates that low self-esteem is associated with gaming disorder.
However, experimental research between these variables is lacking. This study aims to …

The (neuro) cognitive mechanisms behind attention bias modification in anxiety: proposals based on theoretical accounts of attentional bias

A Heeren, R De Raedt, EHW Koster… - Frontiers in human …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Recently, researchers have investigated the causal nature of attentional bias for threat (AB)
in the maintenance of anxiety disorders by experimentally manipulating it. They found that …

Cued for risk: Evidence for an incentive sensitization framework to explain the interplay between stress and anxiety, substance abuse, and reward uncertainty in …

SN Hellberg, TI Russell, MJF Robinson - Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral …, 2019 - Springer
Gambling disorder is an impairing condition confounded by psychiatric co-morbidity,
particularly with substance use and anxiety disorders. Yet, our knowledge of the …