Aktar, E., Van Bockstaele, B., Pérez-Edgar, K., Wiers, R. W., & Bögels, S. M. (2019). Intergenerational transmission of attentional bias and anxiety. Developmental Science, 22(3), [e12772].
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Intergenerational transmission of attentional bias and anxiety
Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent childhood and adulthood psychopathologies.Anxiety disorders run in families: The presence of an anxiety disorder in parents corresponds to up to a sevenfold increase in the anxiety
disorders in the offspring. Both the genetic transmission of anxiety vulnerabilities and the environmental influences derived from Intergenerational transmission of attentional bias and anxiety growing up with an anxious parent have been found to contribute to the overlap between parents’ and their offspring's anxiety. However, little is known regarding the specific mechanisms supporting familial aggregation. -
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The Use of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test
Hazardous drinking among students in higher education is a growing concern. The alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT) is the gold standard screening instrument for hazardous drinking in the adult population, for which an abbreviated version has been developed: the AUDIT-Consumption (AUDIT-C). Currently, there’s no gold standard for identifying hazardous drinking among students in higher education and little evidence regarding the concurrent validity of the AUDIT-C as a screening instrument for this group. This study investigated the concurrent validity of the AUDIT-C in a sample of university students and suggests the most appropriate cutoff points.
Verhoog, S., Dopmeijer, J. M., de Jonge, J. M., van der Heijde, C. M., Vonk, P., Bovens, R. H. L. M., ... Kuipers, M. A. G. (2020). The Use of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test - Consumption as an Indicator of Hazardous Alcohol Use among University Students. European Addiction Research, 26(1), 1-9.
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The college years are a peak period for the onset of common mental disorders. Poor mental health is associated with low academic attainment, physical, interpersonal and cognitive impairments. Universities
can use online approaches to screen students for mental disorders and treat those in need. The present study aims to assess the effectiveness of a guided web-based transdiagnostic individually tailored intervention to treat students with symptoms of depression and/or anxiety.
Karyotaki, E., Klein, A. M., Riper, H., de Wit, L., Krijnen, L., Bol, E., ... Cuijpers, P. (2019). Examining the
effectiveness of a web-based intervention for symptoms of depression and anxiety in college students: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 9(5), [e028739].
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028739