@article{ref1,
title="The Pictorial Fire Stroop: A Measure of Processing Bias for Fire-Related Stimuli",
journal="Journal of abnormal child psychology",
year="2009",
author="Gallagher-Duffy, Joanne and Mackay, Sherri and Duffy, J. and Sullivan-Thomas, Meara and Peterson-Badali, Michele",
volume="37",
number="8",
pages="1165-1176",
abstract="Fire interest is a risk factor for firesetting. This study tested whether a fire-specific emotional Stroop task can effectively measure an information-processing bias for fire-related stimuli. Clinic-referred and nonreferred adolescents (aged 13-16 years) completed a pictorial &quot;Fire Stroop,&quot; as well as a self-report fire interest questionnaire and several control tasks. Results showed (a) comparatively greater fire-specific attentional bias among referred adolescent firesetters, (b) a negative relationship between Fire Stroop attentional bias and self-reported fire interest, and (c) positive correspondence between Fire Stroop attentional bias and self-reported firesetting frequency. These findings suggest that instruments that measure an automatic bias for fire-specific stimuli may usefully supplement self-report measures in the assessment and understanding of firesetting behavior.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0091-0627",
doi="10.1007/s10802-009-9339-8",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10802-009-9339-8"
}