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Jessica Bomyea
Researcher at University of California, San Diego
Publications - 66
Citations - 2590
Jessica Bomyea is an academic researcher from University of California, San Diego. The author has contributed to research in topics: Anxiety & Cognition. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 55 publications receiving 2239 citations. Previous affiliations of Jessica Bomyea include United States Department of Veterans Affairs & Veterans Health Administration.
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Attention Modification Program in Individuals With Generalized Anxiety Disorder
TL;DR: The authors tested the hypothesis that an 8-session attention modification program would decrease attention bias to threat and reduce symptoms of GAD and suggest that altering attention mechanisms may effectively reduce anxiety.
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The Effect of a Single-Session Attention Modification Program on Response to a Public-Speaking Challenge in Socially Anxious Individuals
TL;DR: People in the AMP group showed significantly less attention bias to threat after training and lower levels of anxiety in response to a public-speaking challenge than did the participants in the Attention Control Condition (ACC) group.
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A consideration of select pre-trauma factors as key vulnerabilities in PTSD
TL;DR: This review provides a summary of evidence for a select number of biological and cognitive factors identified as pre-trauma vulnerabilities to PTSD and highlights directions for future research in this area.
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The effect of single-session interpretation modification on attention bias in socially anxious individuals.
TL;DR: Effectiveness of an Interpretation Modification Program in changing attention biases in socially anxious individuals is examined and results are consistent with the hypothesis that information processing biases in anxious individuals may share a common mechanism that may contribute to the maintenance of anxiety.
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The Theoretical and Empirical Basis for Meditation as an Intervention for PTSD
Ariel J. Lang,Ariel J. Lang,Jennifer L. Strauss,Jessica Bomyea,Jill E. Bormann,Steven D. Hickman,Raquel C. Good,Michael Essex,Michael Essex +8 more
TL;DR: The mechanisms by which these approaches may effectively reduce PTSD symptoms and improve quality of life are presented and empirical evidence of the efficacy of meditation for PTSD is very limited but holds some promise.