Selective attention and threat: Quick orienting versus slow disengagement and two versions of the dot probe task

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• 作者：Elske Salemink ; Marcel A. van den Hout ; Merel Kindt
• 关键词：Anxiety ; Attentional bias ; Disengagement ; Dot probe task
• 刊名：Behaviour Research and Therapy
• 出版年：2007
• 出版时间：March 2007
• 年：2007
• 卷：45
• 期：3
• 页码：607-615
• 全文大小：175 K

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The dot probe task is often used to assess attentional bias in anxiety, but some aspects need clarification. First, the results, which are traditionally summarized in an attentional bias index, do not allow for distinguishing between different selective attention processes; orienting and disengagement. Second, different versions of the dot probe task have been used with unknown relative merits. Participants (N=133) completed two versions of the dot probe task: the detection task (i.e. is there a probe?) and the differentiation task (i.e. what sort of probe is it?). The analysis carried out allowed for a differentiation between orienting and disengagement. The main finding was that trait anxiety is related to disengagement difficulties and not to speed of orienting. Concerning the relative merits of the two dot probe task versions, the results suggest that the detection task may be superior to the differentiation task. Implications for past and future research are discussed.