Attention training to reduce attention bias and social stressor reactivity: An attempt to replicate and extend previous findings

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• 作者：Kristin Julian^a ; Courtney Beard^b ; Norman B. Schmidt^c ; Mark B. Powers^a ; Jasper A.J. Smits^a ; ^{jsmits@smu.edu}
• 关键词：Anxiety ; Attention bias ; Attention training ; Social anxiety ; Exercise
• 刊名：Behaviour Research and Therapy
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：32_00057967
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：May, 2012
• 卷：50
• 期：5
• 页码：350-358
• 文件大小：357 K

摘要

Cognitive theories suggest that social anxiety is maintained, in part, by an attentional bias toward threat. Recent research shows that a single-session of attention modification training (AMP) reduces attention bias and vulnerability to a social stressor (). In addition, exercise may augment the effects of attention training by its direct effects on attentional control and inhibition, thereby allowing participants receiving the AMP to more effectively disengage attention from the threatening cues and shift attention to the neutral cues. We attempted to replicate and extend previous findings by randomizing participants (N聽=聽112) to a single-session of: a) Exercise聽+聽attention training (EX聽+聽AMP); b) Rest聽+聽attention training (REST聽+聽AMP); c) Exercise聽+聽attention control condition (EX聽+聽ACC); or d) Rest聽+聽attention control condition (REST聽+聽ACC) prior to completing a public speaking challenge. We used identical assessment and training procedures to those employed by . Results showed there was no effect of attention training on attention bias or anxiety reactivity to the speech challenge and no interactive effects of attention training and exercise on attention bias or anxiety reactivity to the speech challenge. The failure to replicate previous findings is discussed.