2023
Social interpretation inflexibility moderates emotional reactions to social situations in children and adolescents
Polack R, Bronstein M, Questel M, Edelman A, Vinogradov S, Kober H, Joormann J, Everaert J. Social interpretation inflexibility moderates emotional reactions to social situations in children and adolescents. Development And Psychopathology 2023, 35: 2352-2364. PMID: 37466071, PMCID: PMC10796842, DOI: 10.1017/s0954579423000834.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh social anxietyNegative interpersonal eventsInterpersonal eventsInterpretation biasSocial anxietyInterpretation biasesInternalizing symptomsSocial situationsDepressive symptomsPositive interpretation biasNegative interpretation biasSocial anxiety symptomsProtective factorsNovel social situationsSample of childrenAdolescent anxietyDaily associationsNegative interpretationsEmotional reactionsNovel taskAnxiety symptomsSubsequent depressive symptomsPositive interpretationInternalizing disordersAnxietySocial impression formation and depression: examining cognitive flexibility and bias
Deng W, Cannon T, Joormann J. Social impression formation and depression: examining cognitive flexibility and bias. Cognition & Emotion 2023, 37: 137-146. PMID: 36607322, DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2023.2165043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocial impression formationImpression formationImpression ratingsNegative interpretation biasSocial interaction partnersFuture social interactionsDepressive symptomsCognitive flexibilityInterpretation biasNegative interpretationsNegative contextPositive contextNegative evaluationSocial situationsPositive interpretationSocial interactionScenario typesSocial isolationInteraction partnersRatingsDepressionTaskNovel charactersScenario outcomesBias
2022
Developing a novel assessment of interpretation flexibility: Reliability, validity and clinical implications
Deng W, Everaert J, Creighton M, Bronstein M, Cannon T, Joormann J. Developing a novel assessment of interpretation flexibility: Reliability, validity and clinical implications. Personality And Individual Differences 2022, 190: 111548. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2022.111548.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInterpretation biasHigh-level cognitive deficitsPicture-based tasksStrong convergent validitySocial anxietySymptoms of depressionTransdiagnostic factorVerbal stimuliVerbal measuresNegative interpretationsStimulus modalityPersecutory ideationCognitive deficitsReliable paradigmGeneral population sampleConvergent validityDevelopmental studiesInflexibilityTaskPsychotic symptomsAffective disordersClinical implicationsNovel assessmentBiasPopulation sample
2018
Looking Through Tinted Glasses: Depression and Social Anxiety Are Related to Both Interpretation Biases and Inflexible Negative Interpretations
Everaert J, Bronstein M, Cannon T, Joormann J. Looking Through Tinted Glasses: Depression and Social Anxiety Are Related to Both Interpretation Biases and Inflexible Negative Interpretations. Clinical Psychological Science 2018, 6: 517-528. DOI: 10.1177/2167702617747968.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocial anxietyInterpretation biasInterpretation biasesNegative interpretationsPositive interpretation biasesNovel cognitive taskNegative interpretation biasDepression severityCognitive tasksCognitive riskPositive informationAmbiguous situationsInflexible interpretationsAnxietyInflexibilitySymptom typeDepressionBiasesBiasSevere depressionFuture workTaskParticipantsIndividualsImportant determinant