Neutral and Positive Attention Bias Modification Training for Young Adults With Depressive Symptoms
- Conditions
- Depressive Disorder
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Neutral ABMTBehavioral: Positive ABMT
- Registration Number
- NCT03971942
- Lead Sponsor
- Hunan Normal University
- Brief Summary
This study intends to explore the therapeutic effects of the development of negative attention bias modifaction and positive attention bias on depressive symptoms and redundancy through two different attention training methods: (1) neutral attention training (when neutral and sad stimuli are presented simultaneously, attention is always directed towards neutral stimuli to correct negative attention bias) and (2) positive attention training (when neutral and positive stimuli are presented simultaneously, attention is always directed towards positive stimuli to develop positive attention bias).
- Detailed Description
Attention Bias Modification Training was a modified dot-probe task. In the neutral attention bias, 90% of the targets in the training group appear in the neutral word position and 10% of the targets appear in the negative word position, while 50% of the targets in the placebo group appear in the neutral word position and 50% of the targets appear in the negative word position. In the positive attention bias, 90% of the targets in the training group appear in the positive word position and 10% of the targets appear in the neutral word position, while 90% of the targets in the placebo group appear in the neutral word position and 10% of the targets appear in the positive word position. The investigators assess attention bias scores, depressive symptoms, trait anxiety, rumination and self-report attention control ability at 1-week, 2-week, 4-week, 7-week, 3-month, 4-month, 5-month, 6-month and 12-month follow-ups after training.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 68
- A score of 14 or higher on the Beck Depression Inventory-Ⅱ
- a current episode of MDD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or organic mental disorder;
- any concurrent psychotherapy;
- any concurrent psychotropic medication.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Neutral ABMT Neutral ABMT 8-session-ABMT during a two-week period and 4-session-booster-ABMT during a two-week period Positive ABMT Positive ABMT 8-session-ABMT during a two-week period and 4-session-booster-ABMT during a two-week period
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Changes of attentional bias score pre-training, post-training(2 weeks after pre-training), follow-ups(1-week,2-week,4-week,7-week,3-month( booster pre-training), 4-month (booster post-training), 5-month,6-month,12-month after post-training) Attentional bias score tested by a typical dot-probe task
Changes of depressive symptoms pre-training, post-training(2 weeks after pre-training), follow-ups(1-week,2-week,4-week,7-week,3-month( booster pre-training), 4-month (booster post-training), 5-month,6-month,12-month after post-training) Depression symptoms tested by clinicians using the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children (K-SADS)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Changes of self-reported depressive symptoms pre-training, post-training(2 weeks after pre-training), follow-ups(1-week,2-week,4-week,7-week,3-month( booster pre-training), 4-month (booster post-training), 5-month,6-month,12-month after post-training) Self-reported depressive symptoms assessed by Beck depression scale-second version (BDI-II)
Changes of self-reported rumination pre-training, post-training(2 weeks after pre-training), follow-ups(1-week,2-week,4-week,7-week,3-month( booster pre-training), 4-month (booster post-training), 5-month,6-month,12-month after post-training) Self-reported rumination assessed by Rumination Response Scale(RRS).
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Department of Psychology, Hunan Normal University
🇨🇳Changsha, Hunan, China