Cole, Scott ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8176-283X and Charura, Divine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3509-9392 (2025) The Dire Need to Examine Relationships Between Prospection and Subtypes of Anxiety. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 14 (1). pp. 24-29.

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Abstract

In this commentary, we give an appraisal of future thinking and emotional disturbance in light of A. L. MacLeod’s (2025) target article. A. L. MacLeod (2025) provides a timely synthesis of how depression and anxiety can affect future thinking. We concur with many of his central tenets such as the importance of process and outcome goals, the content of future thoughts, and metacognitive beliefs. Nevertheless, in this commentary, we highlight several points that we believe are equally as important in the developing research on future thinking and mental health. Specifically, we identified and developed five points around a central argument: that the melding of cognitive theory, empirical studies, and clinical knowledge is required to bring about a greater understanding of future thinking and its relation to anxiety disorders. This work could bring about a new understanding of, and innovative therapies for, anxiety, in a similar way that memory research is pioneering novel treatments for depression.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	“©American Psychological Association, 2025. This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the authoritative document published in the APA journal. The final article is available, upon publication, at: https://doi.org/10.1037/mac0000222 ”
Status:	Published
DOI:	10.1037/mac0000222
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology > BF309-499 Consciousness. Cognition. Memory
School/Department:	School of Education, Language and Psychology
URI:	https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/11869

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