Similarity Rating Task (SRT)
The SRT was used in this study to assess the participants’ interpretation bias after CBM training. The procedure and format of the SRT were based on the previous studies [<Presentation of liberal arts class>You give a presentation in a liberal arts class.After the presentation, some people ask you questions.As you answer the last question, the classroom goes sil__nt.Did you answer the question?[yes or no]In the following recognition phase, each scenario’s title was presented along with four types of sentences in random order: (1) positive sentence related to the scenario (target positive; i.e., The SRT was conducted using the E-prime 2.0 software and displayed on a 16-inch laptop screen with a white background and navy-colored Arial font. Before actual test, participants completed five practice trials. The mean score for each type of the sentence (target positive, target negative, foil positive, and foil negative) was calculated and used in the final analysis.