{"id":9986,"date":"2016-09-26T23:25:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T23:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=9986"},"modified":"2016-10-17T23:27:20","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T23:27:20","slug":"cognitive-processes-research-in-cfs-and-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/cognitive-processes-research-in-cfs-and-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Cognitive processes research in CFS and cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Research abstract:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Background:<\/strong>
\nThere is an abundance of research into cognitive processing biases in\u00a0clinical psychology including the potential for applying cognitive bias\u00a0modification techniques to assess the causal role of biases in\u00a0maintaining anxiety and depression. Within the health psychology field,\u00a0there is burgeoning interest in applying these experimental methods to\u00a0assess potential cognitive biases in relation to physical health\u00a0conditions and health-related behaviours. Experimental research in these\u00a0areas could inform theoretical development by enabling measurement of\u00a0implicit cognitive processes that may underlie unhelpful illness beliefs\u00a0and help drive health-related behaviours.<\/p>\n

However, to date, there has\u00a0been no systematic approach to adapting existing experimental paradigms\u00a0for use within physical health research. Many studies fail to report how\u00a0materials were developed for the population of interest or have used\u00a0untested materials developed ad hoc. The lack of protocol for developing\u00a0stimuli specificity has contributed to large heterogeneity in\u00a0methodologies and findings.<\/p>\n

Purpose:<\/strong>
\nIn this article, we emphasize the need for standardized methods for\u00a0stimuli development and replication in experimental work, particularly\u00a0as it extends beyond its original anxiety and depression scope to other\u00a0physical conditions.<\/p>\n

Method:<\/strong>
\nWe briefly describe the paradigms commonly used to assess cognitive\u00a0biases in attention and interpretation and then describe the steps\u00a0involved in comprehensive\/robust stimuli development for attention and\u00a0interpretation paradigms using illustrative examples from two\u00a0conditions: chronic fatigue syndrome and breast cancer.<\/p>\n

Conclusions:<\/strong>
\nThis article highlights the value of preforming rigorous stimuli\u00a0development and provides tools to aid researchers engage in this\u00a0process. We believe this work is worthwhile to establish a body of\u00a0high-quality and replicable experimental research within the health
\npsychology literature.<\/p>\n

Maximizing potential impact of experimental research into\u00a0cognitive processes in health psychology: A systematic approach\u00a0to material development<\/a>, by\u00a0Alicia M. Hughes, Rola Gordon, Trudie Chalder, Colette R.\u00a0Hirsch, Rona Moss-Morris in<\/span> British Journal of Health Psychology<\/em> [Preprint\u00a0September 22, 2016]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Research abstract: Background: There is an abundance of research into cognitive processing biases in\u00a0clinical psychology including the potential for applying cognitive bias\u00a0modification techniques to assess the causal role of biases in\u00a0maintaining anxiety and depression. Within the health psychology field,\u00a0there is … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[3197,502,1511],"class_list":["post-9986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-cognitive-bias-modification-techniques","tag-cognitive-performance","tag-trudie-chalder"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qkYK-2B4","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9986"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10242,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9986\/revisions\/10242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}