Development Of An Electronic Future-Thinking Task: A Pilot Study
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Brittany Foster (Creator)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
- Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
- Advisor
- JP Jameson
Abstract: In this study, an electronic version of the future-thinking task was created in order to make the task less time consuming to administer and score. The electronic version of the future-thinking task was constructed by aggregating domains for future events based on the future-thinking and worry literature. We hypothesized that we would replicate the original future-thinking task’s previous relational findings with anxiety and depression; specifically undergraduate students (n =19) were recruited to test the effectiveness of this new future-thinking task in relation to the original task and measures of anxiety and depression. The measures used were the CES-D for depression, ASI-3 for anxiety sensitivity, and positive and negative mood scales. The results partially replicated previous findings with the original task. The electronic positive future-thinking task significantly predicted CES-D scores and the electronic negative future-thinking task significantly predicted ASI-3 scores. However, the researchers did not replicate the findings for the original task. The original positive future-thinking task did not predict CES-D scores and the original negative future-thinking task did not predict ASI-3 scores. Findings for future development and research for this task are discussed.
Development Of An Electronic Future-Thinking Task: A Pilot Study
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Honors Project
- Foster, B. (2019). Development Of An Electronic Future-Thinking Task: A Pilot Study. Unpublished Honors Thesis. Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
- Language: English
- Date: 2019
- Keywords
- Future-thinking, Anxiety, Depression,
Future-thinking task,
Electronic future-thinking task