Avoidance of emotional facial expressions in social anxiety: The Approach-Avoidance Task
Avoidance of emotional facial expressions in social anxiety: The Approach-Avoidance Task
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DOI：
10.1016/j.brat.2007.08.010
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发表时间：
2007-12-01
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
Becker, Eni S.
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作者：
Heuer, Kathrin;Rinck, Mike;Becker, Eni S.
本研究采用空虚任务(AAT)的方法间接考察了个体对潜在社会威胁刺激的回避反应。43名高度社交焦虑的个体(HSA)和43名非焦虑控制组(NAC)对情绪面部表情(愤怒、中立或微笑)的图片做出反应，或者通过向自己拉操纵杆(接近)而不是将操纵杆推离自己(回避)来控制图片(谜题)。对于微笑和愤怒的面孔，HSA比NAC表现出更强的回避倾向，而对于中性面孔和谜题，HSA没有发现群体差异。相比之下，情绪面部表情的效价等级在不同组之间没有差异。对于笑脸，直接和间接测量之间存在严重差异：HSA对它们给予了积极的评价，但对它们的反应是回避的。(C)2007爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。
The Approach-A voidance Task (AAT) was employed to indirectly investigate avoidance reactions to stimuli of potential social threat. Forty-three highly socially anxious individuals (HSAs) and 43 non-anxious controls (NACs) reacted to pictures of emotional facial expressions (angry, neutral, or smiling) or to control pictures (puzzles) by pulling a joystick towards themselves (approach) versus pushing it away from themselves (avoidance). HSAs showed stronger avoidance tendencies than NACs for smiling as well as angry faces, whereas no group differences were found for neutral faces and puzzles. In contrast, valence ratings of the emotional facial expressions did not differ between groups. A critical discrepancy between direct and indirect measures was observed for smiling faces: HSAs evaluated them positively, but reacted to them with avoidance. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.