Effects of state and trait anxiety on selective attention to threatening stimuli in a non-clinical sample of school children

Effects of state and trait anxiety on selective attention to threatening stimuli in a non-clinical sample of school children

Attentional biases, consisting of a preferential processing of threatening stimuli, have been found in anxious adults as predicted by several cognitive models. However, studies with non-clinical samples of children have provided mixed results. therefore, the aim of this research was to determine th...

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Main Authors: Jeniffer Ortega Marín, Karim Jiménez Solanilla, Rocio Acosta Barreto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de San Buenaventura 2015-01-01
Series:International Journal of Psychological Research
Subjects:
attentional bias
dotprobe task
trait anxiety
state anxiety
non-clinical sample
schoolchildren.
Online Access:http://revistas.usb.edu.co/index.php/IJPR/article/view/646/446

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