Engagement and disengagement components of attentional bias to emotional stimuli in anxiety and depression
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Engagement and disengagement components of attentional bias to emotional stimuli in anxiety and depression. / Blicher, Andreas; Reinholdt-Dunne, Marie Louise; Hvenegaard, Morten; Winding, Clas; Petersen, Anders; Vangkilde, Signe.
In: Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, Vol. 11, No. 3, 2020.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Engagement and disengagement components of attentional bias to emotional stimuli in anxiety and depression
AU - Blicher, Andreas
AU - Reinholdt-Dunne, Marie Louise
AU - Hvenegaard, Morten
AU - Winding, Clas
AU - Petersen, Anders
AU - Vangkilde, Signe
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Previous research shows that attentional bias is associated with emotional difficulties. The aim of the present study was to investigate the engagement and disengagement components of attentional bias to emotional stimuli in anxiety and depression using the attentional assessment task. The experimental groups consisted of 54 clinical participants in treatment for anxiety or depression and 54 control participants. The results indicated that the clinical participants showed greater levels of attentional avoidance of emotional stimuli than the control participants. Additional subgroup analyses suggested that this effect may be limited to symptoms of anxiety and not symptoms of depression. Results are discussed in relation to current models of information processing in emotional disorders.
AB - Previous research shows that attentional bias is associated with emotional difficulties. The aim of the present study was to investigate the engagement and disengagement components of attentional bias to emotional stimuli in anxiety and depression using the attentional assessment task. The experimental groups consisted of 54 clinical participants in treatment for anxiety or depression and 54 control participants. The results indicated that the clinical participants showed greater levels of attentional avoidance of emotional stimuli than the control participants. Additional subgroup analyses suggested that this effect may be limited to symptoms of anxiety and not symptoms of depression. Results are discussed in relation to current models of information processing in emotional disorders.
KW - Anxiety
KW - attentional bias
KW - depression
KW - disengagement
KW - emotional stimuli
KW - engagement
KW - IMPAIRED DISENGAGEMENT
KW - SELECTIVE ATTENTION
KW - SOCIAL PHOBIA
KW - EYE-TRACKING
KW - THREAT
KW - INDIVIDUALS
KW - SUPPORT
U2 - 10.1177/2043808720943753
DO - 10.1177/2043808720943753
M3 - Journal article
VL - 11
JO - Journal of Experimental Psychopathology
JF - Journal of Experimental Psychopathology
SN - 2043-8087
IS - 3
ER -
ID: 254988121