Faculty and Staff Grants September 2025 | University of Denver
September Faculty and Staff Grants
Threat Interpretation Bias as Cognitive Marker and Treatment Target in Pediatric Anxiety
Michelle Rozenman, Graduate School of Professional Psychology
Funder: National Institutes of Health
The current proposal addresses a need for novel experimental therapeutic approaches to directly targeting cognitive mechanisms underlying anxiety in children and adolescents.
Building on prior work and existing literature, a personalized cognitive bias modification intervention targets threat interpretation bias (CBM-I) to reduce anxiety symptoms in clinically anxious youth.
A two-phased study tests CBM-I as an experimental intervention.
Author's summary: Research targets anxiety in children.