Smartphone-delivered Attention Bias Modification: Attempts for application to the patients with depression and anxiety complications.

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H06656
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Japan Lutheran College
• Principal Investigator: UEDA Ayaka ルーテル学院大学, 総合人間学部, 助教 (60707553)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 注意バイアス修正法 / 不安 / 抑うつ / 注意バイアス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research was to conduct university students Attention Bias Modification training, which has been reported to reduce anxiety of anxiety disorder patients, by smartphone application.In Study 1, we conducted a preliminary survey of the stimuli used in the experiment and created a database of stimuli. In Study 2, we conducted an experiment using the database, and completed the mechanism from recruiting participants to paying rewards online. It became clear that the convenience of users is improved by using the application, but the development cost is very large.

Free Research Field

臨床心理学