Investigating the cognitive mechanisms of decentring and its impact on emotional reactivity in adolescence.

去定向术是许多正念疗法的一个特征，作为一个概念和它的认知机制，它缺乏清晰度。新出现的证据表明，提高一个人建立偏心视角的能力可以调节正念训练和临床结果之间的关系。由于在许多第三波疗法中，脱向似乎是一种关键的作用机制，因此将重点关注它的存在。本研究的目的是：(I)刻画青少年情绪调节与去向训练之间的关系；(Ii)找出去向训练的认知相关因素；(Iii)探讨一旦了解认知机制，去向训练技巧是否可以改善。将进行两个项目，第一部分--一个大型项目，表征年轻人的特质偏向能力，及其对自我报告情绪调节的影响。我还将进行一些认知评估，以确定认知的哪些方面可以预测特质偏向能力。第二部分-根据第一部分的证据和ECMH小组正在进行的研究，我将提供一个为期5周的强化定向培训计划，以研究第一部分中确定的认知机制。我还将衡量这种干预对情绪调节策略的影响。将招募焦虑-抑郁特征升高的青少年样本(N=60)，并将提供为期五周的集中定向训练方案。

Decentring, a feature of many mindfulness-based therapies, lacks clarity as a construct, and in terms of its cognitive mechanisms. Emerging evidence suggests that improving ones' ability to instate a decentred perspective mediates the relationship between mindfulness training and clinical outcomes. Decentring will be focused on due to its existence as a seemingly key active mechanism in many third wave therapies. The objectives of this research are: (i) To characterise the relationship between decentring and emotional regulation in adolescents, (ii) Identify the cognitive correlates of decentring, (iii) Investigate whether decentring training techniques can be improved once cognitive mechanisms are understood. Two projects will be undertaken Part 1 - A large-scale project characterising trait decentring abilities in young people, and their impact on self-reported emotion regulation. I will also administer a number of cognitive assessments to determine which aspects of cognition predict trait decentring ability. Part 2 - Based on the evidence of Part 1, and ongoing research in the ECMH Group, I will deliver an intensive 5-week decentring training programme to investigate cognitive mechanisms identified in Part 1. I will also measure the impact this intervention has on emotion regulation strategies. A sample of adolescents (N=60) with elevated anxious-depressive traits will be recruited, and an intensive five week decentring training programme will be delivered.