Does Inflexible Attention Undermine the Benefits of Cognitive Reappraisal? A Multi-Method Study of Adolescents with Anxiety.

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Main Author:	Olczyk, Anna
Language:	English
Published:	Cleveland State University / OhioLINK 2020
Subjects:	Clinical Psychology
Online Access:	http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1593694870124336

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spelling	ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-csu15936948701243362021-08-03T07:15:32Z Does Inflexible Attention Undermine the Benefits of Cognitive Reappraisal? A Multi-Method Study of Adolescents with Anxiety. Olczyk, Anna Clinical Psychology Several models suggest that anxious individuals suffer from deficits in emotion regulation. However, cognitive reappraisal has shown to effectively reduce anxiety. Deficits in attentional control have been theorized as a possible underlying mechanism of emotion regulation and may moderate the association between cognitive reappraisal and anxiety. Therefore, the present study examined the moderating role of attentional control on the effects of cognitive reappraisal on anxiety symptomology via multiple methodologies in a sample of adolescents. Community dwelling adolescents (N=51) completed measures of anxiety symptoms, the habitual use of cognitive reappraisal, an attention disengagement eye tracking task, and an 8-day Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) protocol that measured hourly peak and current ratings of nervousness. Multiple moderation models were fit to examine study hypotheses. Contrary to expectation, neither of the hypotheses were supported and cognitive reappraisal was found to be unrelated to self-reported anxiety symptoms and ratings of nervousness in daily life. However, slower disengagement from disgusted faces significantly predicted increased anxiety symptoms. Interestingly, slower disengagement from sad faces significantly predicted less change in peak to current nervousness. Results suggest that an attention disengagement task may be used as a preventative or screening measure for those who have subthreshold levels of anxiety. 2020-07-20 English text Cleveland State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1593694870124336 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1593694870124336 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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spellingShingle	Clinical Psychology Olczyk, Anna Does Inflexible Attention Undermine the Benefits of Cognitive Reappraisal? A Multi-Method Study of Adolescents with Anxiety.
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title	Does Inflexible Attention Undermine the Benefits of Cognitive Reappraisal? A Multi-Method Study of Adolescents with Anxiety.
title_short	Does Inflexible Attention Undermine the Benefits of Cognitive Reappraisal? A Multi-Method Study of Adolescents with Anxiety.
title_full	Does Inflexible Attention Undermine the Benefits of Cognitive Reappraisal? A Multi-Method Study of Adolescents with Anxiety.
title_fullStr	Does Inflexible Attention Undermine the Benefits of Cognitive Reappraisal? A Multi-Method Study of Adolescents with Anxiety.
title_full_unstemmed	Does Inflexible Attention Undermine the Benefits of Cognitive Reappraisal? A Multi-Method Study of Adolescents with Anxiety.
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publisher	Cleveland State University / OhioLINK
publishDate	2020
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Does Inflexible Attention Undermine the Benefits of Cognitive Reappraisal? A Multi-Method Study of Adolescents with Anxiety.

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