2023
Social 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 determinantHating waiting
Tanovic E, Hajcak G, Joormann J. Hating waiting. Journal Of Experimental Psychopathology 2018, 9: 2043808718778982. DOI: 10.1177/2043808718778982.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLow-probability rewardForms of psychopathologyInhibitory intoleranceEmotion regulationGambling TaskNegative affectIndividual differencesDelay discountingLess willingnessPsychopathologyTaskGreater delayMore tensionWillingnessImpulsivityNeuroticismAffectDiscountingAnxietyRewardHigh levelsWaitersStudentsDifficultiesFindings
2013
Rumination Moderates the Effects of Cognitive Bias Modification of Attention
Arditte K, Joormann J. Rumination Moderates the Effects of Cognitive Bias Modification of Attention. Cognitive Therapy And Research 2013, 38: 189-199. DOI: 10.1007/s10608-013-9581-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognitive bias modificationAttention biasAttention biasesBias modificationDot-probe taskPositive attention biasNegative attention biasGreater positive affectSubsequent stress reactivityBiased attentionSignificant main effectPositive affectTrait ruminationEmotional reactivityTraining tasksTraining efficacyStress reactivityEye trackingRuminationAcute stressorMain effectParticipantsClinical implicationsTaskBiases
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
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 depressionAttentionAttentional bias in dysphoria: The role of inhibitory processes
Joormann J. Attentional bias in dysphoria: The role of inhibitory processes. Cognition & Emotion 2004, 18: 125-147. DOI: 10.1080/02699930244000480.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNegative priming taskPriming taskNegative primingSelf-reference taskElevated depression scoresAttentional biasNegative distractorsEmotional materialEmotional stimuliSelective attentionTarget wordsStimulus representationsInhibitory deficitsAffective evaluationNegative informationInhibitory processesInhibitory dysfunctionTaskDepression scoresPrimingParticipantsDepressionDistractorsValenceDysphoria