Cognitive Biases in Depression and Eating Disorders |
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Authors: | Jessica S Benas Brandon E Gibb |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, Binghamton University, P.O. Box 6000, Binghamton, NY 13902, USA |
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Abstract: | This study examined the link between cognitive biases (i.e., attention biases and implicit associations) and symptoms of depression
and eating disorders and whether the content of these biases is disorder-specific. These hypotheses were examined with a sample
of 202 undergraduate women. Cognitive biases were measured via computer-based tasks (i.e., the probe detection task and the
Implicit Association Test) and symptom levels were measured via interview and self-report. Partially supporting the main hypothesis,
symptoms of depression and eating disorders were significantly correlated with disorder-specific implicit associations but
not attentional biases. Partially supporting the specificity hypothesis, there was evidence for stronger associations between
symptoms of eating disorders and eating specific implicit associations. |
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