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March 4, 2026Advances in Psychological Science0 citationsOpen Access

Dual characteristics of attentional bias in depression: A three-level meta-analysis

RWREN WeicongFJFAN JunlongZZZhijie Zhang

Key Points

  • To investigate attentional bias characteristics in individuals with depression and their moderating mechanisms using a three-level meta-analysis.
  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of 51 studies on negative attentional bias and 33 studies on positive attentional bias.
  • Inclusion of 91 effect sizes for negative bias and 56 for positive bias.
  • Assessment of the impact of task paradigms and stimulus types on attentional bias.
  • Depressed individuals exhibit moderate negative attentional bias and a lack of positive attentional bias.
  • Task paradigms significantly influence the effect sizes for both types of attentional bias.
  • Stimulus type has a marginal effect on negative bias and a significant effect on positive bias.

Abstract

摘要： 本研究采用三水平元分析方法, 系统考察抑郁个体的注意偏向特征及其潜在调节机制。最终纳入51篇消极注意偏向研究(91个效应量)和33篇积极注意偏向研究(56个效应量)。结果表明, 抑郁个体存在中等程度的消极注意偏向, 同时伴随积极注意偏向的缺失。调节效应分析发现, 任务范式显著影响两类注意偏向的效应量; 刺激类型在消极注意偏向中呈边缘显著作用, 在积极注意偏向中作用显著; 而年龄、样本类型及刺激效价等变量无显著影响。本研究揭示了抑郁个体注意偏向的双重特征, 提示抑郁情绪的改善既依赖于减少对消极信息的过度关注(“减负”), 也依赖于增强对积极信息的注意投入(“增正”), 为完善抑郁认知理论和发展双轨干预策略提供了理论依据。

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Weicong et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a7cd6ed48f933b5eed9b74https://doi.org/10.3724/sp.j.1042.2026.0666
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