Do College Students with Public Speaking Anxiety Show an Attentional Bias Toward Threat?

Do College Students with Public Speaking Anxiety Show an Attentional Bias Toward Threat?

Cognitive theories postulate that attention toward threatening information and away from neutral cues plays an etiological role in anxiety. The present study examines whether a preconscious attentional bias (AB) toward threatening stimuli exists in individuals with public speaking anxiety. Partici...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frey, Kristen Ann
Other Authors: Psychology
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
Subjects:
Dot-Probe
College Students
Attentional Bias
Speech Anxiety
Public Speaking Anxiety
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43359
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06162009-163506/

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http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43359
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06162009-163506/

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