2022
Attention Training as a Low-Intensity Treatment for Concerning Anxiety in Clinic-Referred Youth
Pettit J, Rey Y, Marin C, Bechor M, Lebowitz E, Vasey M, Jaccard J, Abend R, Pine D, Bar-Haim Y, Silverman W. Attention Training as a Low-Intensity Treatment for Concerning Anxiety in Clinic-Referred Youth. Behavior Therapy 2022, 54: 77-90. PMID: 36608979, PMCID: PMC9825787, DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2022.07.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttention Bias Modification TreatmentAttention control trainingAttention trainingAnxiety severityAttention controlAnxiety levelsAttention biasNeutral facesLow-intensity treatmentGlobal impairmentDot-probe taskYouth anxiety severityClinic-Referred YouthFull criteriaAttention focusingControl trainingTreatment researchYouthIndependent evaluatorsTrainingImpairment ratingsACT trialsPosttreatmentSeverity ratingsRatings
2018
Neural Correlates of Attentional Processing of Threat in Youth with and without Anxiety Disorders
Bechor M, Ramos ML, Crowley MJ, Silverman WK, Pettit JW, Reeb-Sutherland BC. Neural Correlates of Attentional Processing of Threat in Youth with and without Anxiety Disorders. Research On Child And Adolescent Psychopathology 2018, 47: 119-129. PMID: 29607460, PMCID: PMC8900013, DOI: 10.1007/s10802-018-0424-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent-related potentialsDot-probe taskAttentional processingAnxiety disordersProbe taskDSM-IV-TR anxiety disordersLarger N170 amplitudesProcessing of facesLarger P1 amplitudesDistinct neural processingAttentional orientingN170 amplitudesAttentional processesStimulus valenceNeutral stimuliERP componentsNeural correlatesLarger P2Neural processingP3 amplitudeP1 amplitudeTreatment researchOpposite patternStimuliYouth
1997
Theory in Child Psychosocial Treatment Research: Have It or Had It? A Pragmatic Alternative
Silverman W, Kurtines W. Theory in Child Psychosocial Treatment Research: Have It or Had It? A Pragmatic Alternative. Research On Child And Adolescent Psychopathology 1997, 25: 359-366. PMID: 9421745, DOI: 10.1023/a:1025780907141.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychosocial intervention researchPsychosocial treatment researchTheoretical issuesPsychosocial interventionsAnxiety disordersChallenging methodological issuesTreatment researchIntervention researchMethodological issuesPragmatic orientationMethodological sophisticationPhobicsKnowledge developmentTheoretical sophistication