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June 14, 2026Open Access

Negativity Bias in Depression and Anxiety : Examining the Psychometric Properties of a Modified Scrambled Sentences Task to Measure Interpretation Bias

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KRKate RhoAKAditi KatariaSBSusan Birch

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Overview

Randomized trial assesses interpretation bias in university students, suggesting new pathways for measuring mental health.

Key Points

  • To evaluate whether a modified Scrambled Sentences Task can effectively measure interpretation bias and its associations with psychopathology.
  • Participants: 66 Canadian university students, predominantly women (80.3%)
  • Administered modified Scrambled Sentences Task (SST-M) without cognitive load or mood induction
  • Measured associations with anxiety, depression, and growth mindset.
  • SST-M showed excellent internal consistency with a reliability score above 0.90.
  • Significant associations found between interpretation bias and measures of anxiety, depression, and negative affect.
  • Incremental associations were observed with demographic variables, enhancing the predictive power of the SST-M.

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Rho et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2e4632b1cc60ccdea8b03ehttps://doi.org/10.14288/1.0452698
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