2023
Seeing Red: Distraction Influences Visual Attention for Anger but Not for Other Negative Emotions
Rutherford A, Raila H, Blicher A, Vanderlind W, Joormann J. Seeing Red: Distraction Influences Visual Attention for Anger but Not for Other Negative Emotions. Emotion 2023, 23: 1224-1235. PMID: 36107655, DOI: 10.1037/emo0001136.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmotion regulation strategiesRegulation strategiesFilm clipsState anxietyEmotion-eliciting film clipsEmotion-eliciting stimuliEmotional film clipsCurrent affective stateNegative emotional statesAttention allocation strategyCognitive reappraisalEmotion regulationEmotional informationVisual attentionNegative emotionsNegative affectDistraction conditionEmotional statesAffective statesNatural viewingEye trackingOverall functioningVital skillEffect of conditionCommunity participantsCognitive flexibility and emotion regulation: Dual layers of resilience against the emergence of paranoia
Deng W, Acquah K, Joormann J, Cannon T. Cognitive flexibility and emotion regulation: Dual layers of resilience against the emergence of paranoia. Behaviour Research And Therapy 2023, 167: 104360. PMID: 37413786, DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2023.104360.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmotion regulation abilitiesHigher cognitive flexibilityCognitive flexibilityEmotion regulationRegulation abilityParanoid beliefsBetter emotion regulation abilityGreater emotion regulation difficultiesLower cognitive flexibilityEmotion regulation difficultiesSelf-report measuresSevere paranoiaCognitive vulnerabilityRegulation difficultiesCognitive inflexibilityAffective statesLower paranoiaBiased beliefsParanoiaEarly interventionBeliefsLow abilityInflexibilityIndividualsAbilityInterplay between uncertainty intolerance, emotion regulation, cognitive flexibility, and psychopathology during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multi-wave study
Godara M, Everaert J, Sanchez-Lopez A, Joormann J, De Raedt R. Interplay between uncertainty intolerance, emotion regulation, cognitive flexibility, and psychopathology during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multi-wave study. Scientific Reports 2023, 13: 9854. PMID: 37330557, PMCID: PMC10276821, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-36211-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntolerance of uncertaintyEmotion regulation difficultiesCognitive controlMulti-wave studyRegulation difficultiesCognitive flexibilityEmotion regulationMental healthMaladaptive emotion regulationProtective factorsUncertainty intoleranceIndividual differencesMediation analysisMental health burdenCOVID-19 pandemicStress resilienceRisk factorsPsychopathologySignificant mental health burdenOnline assessmentLongitudinal changesNegative effectsDifficultiesHealth burdenAnxiety“Don't [ruminate], be happy”: A cognitive perspective linking depression and anhedonia
Rutherford A, McDougle S, Joormann J. “Don't [ruminate], be happy”: A cognitive perspective linking depression and anhedonia. Clinical Psychology Review 2023, 101: 102255. PMID: 36871425, DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2023.102255.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive affectNegative affectSustained negative affectCognitive constructsCognitive theoryCognitive perspectiveLack of pleasureCognitive deficitsSpecific thoughtsIntervention effortsDifferent theoretical lensesAffectRuminationAnhedoniaDeficitsExtant literatureMemoryDepressionHallmark featureComputational modelingTheoretical lensesEnvironmental cuesLess focusDebilitating disorderCues
2022
Learned helplessness: expanding on a goal-directed perspective
Duda J, Joormann J. Learned helplessness: expanding on a goal-directed perspective. Cognition & Emotion 2022, 36: 1037-1041. PMID: 36054602, DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2022.2118238.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2009
Specificity of cognitive biases in patients with current depression and remitted depression and in patients with asthma
Fritzsche A, Dahme B, Gotlib I, Joormann J, Magnussen H, Watz H, Nutzinger D, von Leupoldt A. Specificity of cognitive biases in patients with current depression and remitted depression and in patients with asthma. Psychological Medicine 2009, 40: 815-826. PMID: 19719897, PMCID: PMC2847035, DOI: 10.1017/s0033291709990948.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive biasesSad stimuliDepressed participantsEmotion face dot-probe taskFace dot-probe taskDot-probe taskEmotional Stroop taskIncidental recall taskSelf-referential encodingSpecific cognitive biasHealthy control participantsRecall taskStroop taskCognitive tasksCognitive biasControl participantsHealthy participantsSpecific biasesCurrent depressionSimilar biasTaskStimuliBiasesParticipantsDepression