This study aimed to examine the convergence among interpretation bias measures and their associations with depressive symptom severity. Research into interpretation biases employs measures of interpretation bias interchangeably, however, little is known about the relationship between these measures. Participants (N = 82 unselected undergraduate students; 59 female) completed four computer-based interpretation bias tasks in a cross-sectional design study. Indirect measures, based on participants' reaction times, were not correlated with each other and had poor split-half reliability. Direct measures were more strongly correlated with depressive symptoms than indirect measures, but only the Scrambled Sentences Task explained a reliable unique portion of the variance in depressive symptoms. Interpretation bias tasks may not measure the same cognitive process and may differ in the extent to which they are a cognitive marker of depression-linked interpretation bias. These findings help to improve the measurement of and theory underlying interpretation bias and depressive symptoms.

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解释模棱两可的情绪信息：解释偏差测量的收敛性以及与抑郁严重程度的独特关系

本研究旨在检查解释偏差测量之间的收敛性及其与抑郁症状严重程度的关联。对解释偏差的研究交替使用解释偏差的度量，但是，对这些度量之间的关系知之甚少。参与者 ( N = 82 名未入选的本科生；59 名女性）在横断面设计研究中完成了四项基于计算机的解释偏差任务。基于参与者的反应时间的间接测量彼此不相关，并且分半可靠性较差。与间接测量相比，直接测量与抑郁症状的相关性更强，但只有混乱句子任务解释了抑郁症状变异的可靠独特部分。解释偏差任务可能不会测量相同的认知过程，并且它们作为抑郁相关解释偏差的认知标记的程度可能不同。这些发现有助于改进解释偏差和抑郁症状的测量和理论基础。