Attentional bias and attentional control in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Highlights • We studied relations among attentional control and attentional bias in PTSD patients. • Attentional control moderated between PTSD symptoms and attentional bias. • High symptoms and low attentional control predicted attentional avoidance. • Low attentional control is a suggested risk fa...

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Published in:Journal of anxiety disorders 2014-03, Vol.28 (2), p.203-210
Main Authors: Schoorl, Maartje, Putman, Peter, Van Der Werff, Steven, Van Der Does, A.J. Willem
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ACS
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Anxiety
Anxiety - psychology
Anxiety disorders. Neuroses
Attention - physiology
Attentional bias
Attentional control
Attentional processes
Avoidance
Biological and medical sciences
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dot probe
Female
Humans
Individual differences
Inhibition (Psychology)
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Risk Factors
Self Report
Selfreport
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - physiopathology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology
Symptoms
Trait anxiety
Young Adult
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Summary:Highlights • We studied relations among attentional control and attentional bias in PTSD patients. • Attentional control moderated between PTSD symptoms and attentional bias. • High symptoms and low attentional control predicted attentional avoidance. • Low attentional control is a suggested risk factor for attentional bias in PTSD.
ISSN:0887-6185
1873-7897
DOI:10.1016/j.janxdis.2013.10.001