Investigation of the mental health and cognitive correlates of psychological decentering in adolescence

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ID7149946
AuthorsR C Knight (0000-0002-8315-2864, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, corresponding author), D L Dunning (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK), Darren Dunning (0000-0002-7696-4143, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit), John W Cotton (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit), J Cotton (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK), Grace Franckel (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit), Saz Ahmed (0000-0002-3533-409X, University College London), P Ahmed (0009-0006-7738-9511), S P Ahmed (University College London), Sarah‐jayne Blakemore (0000-0002-1690-2805, University of Cambridge), J Blakemore, S J Blakemore (University of Cambridge), T Ford (0000-0001-5295-4904, University of Cambridge), Willem Kuyken (0000-0002-8596-5252, University of Oxford), MYRIAD Team (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit), Tim Dalgleish (0000-0002-7304-2231, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit), Marc Bennett (0000-0002-1053-8360, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit), M P Bennett (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK)
Year2025
Volume39
Issue2
Pages465-475
Publication date2025-02-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCognition & Emotion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0269-9931 • E-ISSN: 1464-0600
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02699931.2024.2402947
PMID39356571
OpenAlexW4403062884
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited26

553). A self-report index of decentering based on available questionnaire items in the dataset was developed. Multiple linear regression was used to examine associations between decentering and mental health, affective executive control (measured using an affective Stroop Task, affective Working Memory Task, and affective Sustained Attention to Response Task) and social cognition. Higher decentering was significantly associated with lower depression and anxiety scores and higher psychological wellbeing. Results did not indicate significant relationships between decentering, affective executive control and social cognition. Further research is needed to discover cognitive mechanisms associated with this process, which could allow for optimisation of existing psychological therapy and reveal new avenues of intervention

Cognition · Developmental psychology · Mental health · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health

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