Attentional bias in social anxiety: Differential effect of threat-induced engagement, disengagement and avoidance

2015 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 707-746 ◽  
Author(s):  
구훈정 ◽  
Jung-Hye Kwon
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Attentional Bias ◽  
Differential Effect

Attentional Bias Among Adolescents Who Stutter: Evidence for a Vigilance–Avoidance Effect

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (10) ◽  
pp. 3349-3363
Author(s):  
Naomi H. Rodgers ◽  
Jennifer Y. F. Lau ◽  
Patricia M. Zebrowski
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Attentional Bias ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Cutoff Score ◽  
Attentional Disengagement ◽  
Social Stimuli ◽  
Facial Stimuli ◽  
The Social ◽  
Attentional Engagement ◽  
High Social Anxiety

Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine group and individual differences in attentional bias toward and away from socially threatening facial stimuli among adolescents who stutter and age- and sex-matched typically fluent controls. Method Participants included 86 adolescents (43 stuttering, 43 controls) ranging in age from 13 to 19 years. They completed a computerized dot-probe task, which was modified to allow for separate measurement of attentional engagement with and attentional disengagement from facial stimuli (angry, fearful, neutral expressions). Their response time on this task was the dependent variable. Participants also completed the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A) and provided a speech sample for analysis of stuttering-like behaviors. Results The adolescents who stutter were more likely to engage quickly with threatening faces than to maintain attention on neutral faces, and they were also more likely to disengage quickly from threatening faces than to maintain attention on those faces. The typically fluent controls did not show any attentional preference for the threatening faces over the neutral faces in either the engagement or disengagement conditions. The two groups demonstrated equivalent levels of social anxiety that were both, on average, very close to the clinical cutoff score for high social anxiety, although degree of social anxiety did not influence performance in either condition. Stuttering severity did not influence performance among the adolescents who stutter. Conclusion This study provides preliminary evidence for a vigilance–avoidance pattern of attentional allocation to threatening social stimuli among adolescents who stutter.

Attentional bias for words and faces in social anxiety

2004 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reza Pishyar ◽  
Lynne M. Harris ◽  
Ross G. Menzies
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Attentional Bias

The Causal Role of Attentional Bias for Threat Cues in Social Anxiety: A Test on a Cyber-Ostracism Task

2011 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 512-521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre Heeren ◽  
Virginie Peschard ◽  
Pierre Philippot
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Attentional Bias ◽  
Causal Role ◽  
Threat Cues

scholarly journals From face to hand: Attentional bias towards expressive hands in social anxiety

2017 ◽  
Vol 122 ◽  
pp. 42-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariska E. Kret ◽  
Jeroen J. Stekelenburg ◽  
Beatrice de Gelder ◽  
Karin Roelofs
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Attentional Bias

Time-Course of Attentional Bias for Positive Social Words in Individuals with High and Low Social Anxiety

2013 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 479-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongyu Yu ◽  
Songwei Li ◽  
Mingyi Qian ◽  
Peng Yang ◽  
Xiaoling Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Attentional Bias ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Response Latencies ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
High Social Anxiety ◽  
Different Response ◽  
Positive Stimuli ◽  
Social Words

Background: Although accumulating research demonstrates the association between attentional bias and social anxiety, the bias for positive stimuli has so far not been adequately studied. Aims: The aim is to investigate the time-course of attentional bias for positive social words in participants with high and low social anxiety. Method: In a modified dot-probe task, word-pairs of neutral and positive social words were randomly presented for 100, 500, and 1250 milliseconds in a nonclinical sample of students to test their attentional bias. Results: Non-significant interaction of Group × Exposure Duration was found. However, there was a significant main effect of group, with significantly different response latencies between the high social anxiety (HSA) and low social anxiety (LSA) groups in the 100 ms condition, without for 500 or 1250 ms. With respect to attentional bias, the LSA group showed enhanced preferential attention for positive social words to which the HSA group showed avoidance in the 100 ms condition. In the 500 ms condition, preferential attention to positive social words was at trend in the LSA group, relative to the HSA group. Neither group showed attentional bias in the 1250 ms condition. Conclusions: These findings extend recent research about the attention training program and add to the empirical literature suggesting that the initial avoidance of positive stimuli may contribute to maintaining social anxiety.

scholarly journals Efficacy of the Chinese version interpretation bias modification training in an unselected sample: A randomized trial

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. e0255224
Author(s):  
Fan Zhang ◽  
Chenwei Huang ◽  
Xiaofei Mao ◽  
Tianya Hou ◽  
Luna Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Attentional Bias ◽  
Bias Reduction ◽  
Interpretation Bias ◽  
Chinese Version ◽  
Anxiety Reduction ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
Bias Modification ◽  
Interpretation Bias Modification

Training individuals to interpret ambiguous information in positive ways might be an effective method of reducing social anxiety. However, little research had been carried out in Chinese samples, and the effect of interpretation training on other processes such as attentional bias also remained unclear. This study examined the effect of interpretation bias modification program (IMP) on interpretation bias, social anxiety and attentional bias, and the possible mediation effects. 51 healthy adults were randomly assigned to either a 5-session IMP training that guided them to endorse benign interpretation in ambiguous scenarios or an interpretation control condition (ICC). Self-reported measures of social anxiety symptoms, attentional bias and interpretation bias were evaluated before and after training. Results showed that compared to control group, IMP group generated more positive interpretations and less negative interpretations after training (F(1,49) = 7.65, p<0.01, ηp2 = 0.14; F(1,49) = 14.60, p<0.01, ηp2 = 0.23respectively). IMP yielded greater interpretation bias reduction (F(1,49) = 12.84, p<0.01, ηp2 = 0.21) and social anxiety reduction (F(1,49) = 21.39, p<0.01, ηp2 = 0.30) than ICC, but change in attentional bias was not significant between IMP and the control group. Change in interpretation bias did not show a significant mediation effect in the relationship between training condition and social anxiety reduction. This study provided preliminary evidence for the efficacy of the Chinese version of IMP training. Possible methodological issues and interpretations underlying the findings were discussed. This study was registered in Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (www.chitr.org.cn), a WHO approved registry. The title of registration trial was “A Study on the efficiency of cognitive bias and attentional bias training on fear and phobia” and the registration number was ChiCTR2100045670.

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