Development and Effectiveness of Computerized Cognitive Bias Modification for Interpretation (CBM-I)

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24730569
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Clinical psychology
Research Institution	Wayo Women's University (2014-2015) University of Tsukuba (2012-2013)
Principal Investigator	Terashima Hitomi 和洋女子大学, 人文社会科学系, 准教授 (30455414)
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywords	CBM-I / 解釈バイアス修正法 / 肯定的解釈トレーニング / 対人不安 / 解釈バイアス / CCBT
Outline of Final Research Achievements	Cognitive Bias Modification for Interpretation (CBM-I) is a method of presenting ambiguous scenarios and positive consequences repeatedly by computer to modify negative bias. I developed the Japanese version of CBM-I by referring to previous studies and investigated the efficacy of it. Japanese university students (N = 74) practiced CBM-I for one week at Study 1. After the intervention, BDI-II scores and negative interpretations decreased and positive interpretations increased. I revised CBM-I after we did Study1. In study2, 10 university students participated. Revised CBM-I included picture and word stimuli not only sentence sound stimuli. They said that they could imagine more vividly from picture word stimuli than sentence sound. Results indicated that the Japanese version of CBM-I was considered effective for Japanese students.