@article{ref1,
title="Attentional biases for threat after fear-related autobiographical recall",
journal="Anxiety, stress, and coping",
year="2018",
author="Sagliano, Laura and Trojano, Luigi and Mauro, Valentina Di and Carnevale, Paola and Domenico, Marina Di and Cozzolino, Caterina and D'Olimpio, Francesca",
volume="31",
number="1",
pages="69-78",
abstract="Background : Previous studies suggested that affective state could enhance stimulus salience and modulate attention allocation for mood-congruent information, but contrasting data have been reported on the effects of mood induction on attentional biases for threat (ABTs) in non-clinical individuals.<br><br>OBJECTIVE : We aimed to assess whether laboratory-induced negative mood can increase individuals' tendency to allocate attention on threatening stimuli, thus determining a difficulty in attentional disengagement from threat. We also aimed at assessing whether level of trait anxiety could modulate the effect of mood induction on attentional biases.<br><br>METHODS : We used an autobiographical episode recall procedure for mood induction (fear, happiness and neutral episode recall), and an exogenous cueing task with threatening and non-threatening images to assess attentional biases in 120 undergraduate students.<br><br>RESULTS: Participants showed a significant difficulty in disengaging attention from threat after recalling fear-related episodes, independently from their trait anxiety level.<br><br>CONCLUSIONS: These findings clarify that the ABTs are not exclusive to anxiety disorders or high trait anxiety individuals, and could also arise in non-clinical individuals in a fearful context.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1061-5806",
doi="10.1080/10615806.2017.1362297",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2017.1362297"
}