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dc.contributor.authorWaters, Allison M
dc.contributor.authorNitz, Ashley B
dc.contributor.authorCraske, Michelle G
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Chris
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:37:47Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:37:47Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.date.modified2008-04-13T23:29:09Z
dc.identifier.issn0005-7967
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/17564
dc.description.abstractPictures of emotionally aversive, neutral, and pleasant scenes were presented for 500 ms, followed by a probe presented in the same location (valid trials) or an alternate location (invalid trials) as the picture. Response-times to the probes were recorded in low (N=20) and high (N=27) trait anxious participants. Results revealed an overall negative cue validity effect of shorter reaction times on invalid than valid trials, suggestive of an inhibition of return effect. Moreover, high trait anxious females showed a reduced negative cue validity effect for aversive pictures in comparison with neutral and pleasant pictures, suggestive of selective interference by the unpleasant material. By contrast, low trait anxious females showed an enhanced negative cue validity effect for aversive pictures relative to neutral and pleasant pictures, suggestive of attentional avoidance of the aversive content. The emotional content of picture cues did not significantly affect reaction time in males, regardless of anxiety status. The results suggest that biased attention processes for aversive stimuli may contribute to the greater female propensity for anxiety disorders.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom763
dc.relation.ispartofpageto774
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalBehaviour Research and Therapy
dc.relation.ispartofvolume45
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive and computational psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5204
dc.titleThe effects of anxiety upon attention allocation to affective stimuli
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Applied Psychology
gro.date.issued2007
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorWaters, Allison M.


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