2023
Moderators and Mediators of the Interpretation Bias–Emotional Disorders Link
Gadassi Polack R, Davis A, Joormann J. Moderators and Mediators of the Interpretation Bias–Emotional Disorders Link. CBT: Science Into Practice 2023, 55-77. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-23650-1_4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmotional disordersInterpretation biasInterpretation biasesProminent cognitive theoryEmotion regulationMaladaptive strategiesCognitive theoryDevelopmental sampleInterpersonal factorsPotential moderatorsLongitudinal examinationModeratorCurrent chapterBiasesDisordersBiasStimuliExperimental designSignificant supportCentral mechanismsRelationshipMediationMultiple factorsMediatorsCross-sectional study“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
A Meta-Analytic Review of the Relationship Between Explicit Memory Bias and Depression: Depression Features an Explicit Memory Bias That Persists Beyond a Depressive Episode
Everaert J, Vrijsen J, Martin-Willett R, van de Kraats L, Joormann J. A Meta-Analytic Review of the Relationship Between Explicit Memory Bias and Depression: Depression Features an Explicit Memory Bias That Persists Beyond a Depressive Episode. Psychological Bulletin 2022, 148: 435-463. DOI: 10.1037/bul0000367.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchExplicit memory biasMemory biasOverall effect sizeEffect sizeRemitted depressionExplicit memory tasksDepth of processingSmall overall effect sizeMeta-analytic reviewNature of stimuliNonsignificant effect sizeStress inductionExplicit memoryEmotional valenceMemory taskCognitive biasEmotional biasCognitive theoryRecurrence of depressionSignificant effect sizeSubclinical depressionNaturalistic conditionsRobust phenomenonClinical interventionsDepression
2014
Emotion Regulation in Depression
Joormann J, Vanderlind W. Emotion Regulation in Depression. Clinical Psychological Science 2014, 2: 402-421. DOI: 10.1177/2167702614536163.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmotion regulationPositive affectNegative affectMaladaptive emotion regulationMajor depressive disorderCognitive controlCognitive biasesCognitive factorsCognitive theoryDepressive disorderDiscussion of implicationsAffective aspectsAffectDepression riskRecent researchDepressionHallmark featureDepressed patientsFuture directionsDisordersDifficultiesCardinal symptomsFrequent useAdaptive strategiesDepressive episode
2013
The Relational Theory of Attention: Implications for the Processing of Emotional Stimuli in Psychological Disorders
Joormann J, Arditte K. The Relational Theory of Attention: Implications for the Processing of Emotional Stimuli in Psychological Disorders. Australian Psychologist 2013, 48: 399-401. DOI: 10.1111/ap.12040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmotional disordersCurrent cognitive theoriesRelational theoryEmotion regulationCognitive processesCognitive theoryIrrelevant informationEmotionsContext dependenceCentral characteristicsBiasesDisordersAttentionCognitionComplex environmentsRelevant informationResearchAnxietyMemoryGreater emphasisTheoryDifferent waysNew informationImportant findingImportant questions
2004
Coherence and Specificity of Information-Processing Biases in Depression and Social Phobia
Gotlib I, Kasch K, Traill S, Joormann J, Arnow B, Johnson S. Coherence and Specificity of Information-Processing Biases in Depression and Social Phobia. Journal Of Psychopathology And Clinical Science 2004, 113: 386-398. PMID: 15311984, DOI: 10.1037/0021-843x.113.3.386.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInformation-processing biasSocial phobiaInformation-processing biasesInformation-processing tasksThreat stimuliCognitive biasPositive stimuliCognitive theoryPhobic participantsMemory processingDepressed participantsThemes of lossSpecific biasesSadnessPhobiaBiasesMemoryParticipantsDepressionStimuliAxis IDifferent measuresTaskMajor depressionAttention