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dc.contributor.authorVázquez, Carmelo
dc.contributor.authorDuque, Almudena
dc.contributor.authorBlanco, Iván
dc.contributor.authorPascual, Teodoro
dc.contributor.authorPoyato, Natalia
dc.contributor.authorLópez Gómez, Irene
dc.contributor.authorChaves Vélez, Covadonga 
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-11T11:24:54Z
dc.date.available2018-07-11T11:24:54Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.issn1520-6394spa
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10641/1477
dc.description.abstractBackground: Although there is a growing interest in the role of attentional biases in depression, there are no studies assessing changes in these biases after psychotherapeutic interventions. Methods: We used a validated eye-tracking procedure to assess pre–post therapy changes in attentional biases toward emotional information (i.e., happy, sad, and angry faces) when presented with neutral information (i.e., neutral faces). The sample consisted of 75 participants with major depression or dysthymia. Participants were blindly assigned to one of two 10 weekly sessions of group therapy: a cognitive behavior therapy intervention (N = 41) and a positive psychology intervention (N = 34). Results: Both treatments were equally efficacious in improving depressive symptoms (p = .0001, 𝜂�2 = .68). A significant change in attentional performance after therapy was observed irrespective of the intervention modality. Comparison of pre–post attentional measures revealed a significant reduction in the total time of fixations (TTF) looking at negative information (i.e., sad and angry faces) and a significant increase in the TTF looking at positive information (i.e., happy faces)—all p < .02. Conclusions: Findings reveal for the first time that psychotherapeutic interventions are associated with a significant change in attentional biases as assessed by a direct measure of attention. Furthermore, these changes seem to operate in the same direction typically found in healthy populations (i.e., a bias away from negative information and a parallel bias toward positive information). These findings illustrate the importance of considering attentional biases as clinical markers of depression and suggest the viability of modifying these biases as a potential tool for clinical change.spa
dc.language.isoengspa
dc.publisherDepression and Anxietyspa
dc.rightsAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/*
dc.subjectDepressionspa
dc.subjectCognitionspa
dc.subjectDysthymic disorderspa
dc.subjectCBT/cognitive behavior therapyspa
dc.subjectTreatmentspa
dc.titleCBT and positive psychology interventions for clinical depression promote healthy attentional biases: an eye-tracking study.spa
dc.typejournal articlespa
dc.type.hasVersionSMURspa
dc.rights.accessRightsopen accessspa
dc.description.extent591 KBspa
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/da.22786spa


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