Enhanced Stroop interference for threat in social phobia

被引:55
作者
Amir, N [1 ]
Freshman, M
Foa, E
机构
[1] Univ Georgia, Dept Psychol, Athens, GA 30602 USA
[2] Univ Penn, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
关键词
anxiety; social phobia; Stroop; information processing;
D O I
10.1016/S0887-6185(01)00084-6
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
Socially anxious individuals are characterized by an attentional bias for threat-related information. However, this attentional bias to threat may be attenuated [Behav. Res. Ther. 34 (1996) 945] when these individuals are anxious. In the present study, we attempted to increase subjects' Stroop interference by changing the frequency of words to nonwords. We hypothesized that when the ratio of words to nonwords was low, individuals with social phobia (SPs) would show increased Stroop interference, but only for words related to social threat. Results were consistent with this hypothesis. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
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页数:9
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