Attention modification program in individuals with generalized anxiety disorder.
Attention modification program in individuals with generalized anxiety disorder.
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DOI：
10.1037/a0012589
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发表时间：
2009-02
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Bomyea, Jessica
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作者：
Amir, Nader;Beard, Courtney;Burns, Michelle;Bomyea, Jessica
研究表明，患有广泛性焦虑症（GAD）的人对威胁相关信息表现出注意力偏差。然而，很少有研究探讨的因果关系的作用，注意力偏差在维持焦虑，以及是否修改这种偏见可能会减少病理性焦虑症状。在这篇论文中，我们检验了一个假设，即一个八次注意力调整计划将（a）减少对威胁的注意力偏差和（B）减少广泛性焦虑症的症状。参与者通过识别字母（“E”或“F”）来代替一对单词中的一个成员来完成探测任务。我们通过在一组（注意力修正程序，AMP）中包括探针位置和非威胁词之间的偶然性来训练注意力，而不是在另一组（注意力控制条件，ACC）中。AMP的参与者表现出注意力偏差的变化和焦虑的减少，正如自我报告和面试官测量所示。这些效应在ACC组中不存在。这些结果与注意在GAD的维持中起因果作用的假设是一致的，并表明改变注意机制可以有效地减少焦虑。
Research suggests that individuals with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) show an attention bias for threat-relevant information. However, few studies have examined the causal role of attention bias in the maintenance of anxiety and whether modification of such biases may reduce pathological anxiety symptoms. In the current paper, we tested the hypothesis that an eight-session attention modification program would (a) decrease attention bias to threat and (b) reduce symptoms of GAD. Participants completed a probe detection task by identifying letters (“E” or “F”) replacing one member of a pair of words. We trained attention by including a contingency between the location of the probe and the non-threat word in one group (Attention Modification program, AMP) and not in the other (Attention Control condition, ACC). Participants in the AMP showed change in attention bias and a decrease in anxiety, as indicated by both self report and interviewer measures. These effects were not present in the ACC group. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that attention plays a causal role in the maintenance of GAD and suggest that altering attention mechanisms may effectively reduce anxiety.
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