Journal article
Theories and measurement of visual attentional processing in anxiety
Cognition and emotion, Vol.22(6), pp.985-1018
09/01/2008
DOI: 10.1080/02699930701597601
Abstract
Most theoretical models of anxiety disorders implicate maladaptive visuo-spatial attentional processing of threat-relevant information in the onset and maintenance of symptoms. We discuss the central mechanistic hypotheses in clinical science regarding problematic attentional processing of threat in anxiety, reconcile what appear to be contradictory predictions, and integrate those hypotheses to describe comprehensively the overt and covert mechanisms of attentional processing within discrete perceptual episodes. In so doing, we examine critically the prevailing theoretical assumptions and measurement models underlying the current investigations of attention and anxiety, and we advocate for increased precision in the translation of models from vision science to the examination of the mechanisms of attentional processing in anxiety. Finally, we discuss the implications of this approach for future translational research that examines the role of attention in anxiety and its treatment.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Theories and measurement of visual attentional processing in anxiety
- Creators
- Mariann R Weierich - Yale UniversityTeresa A Treat - Yale UniversityAndrew Hollingworth - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Cognition and emotion, Vol.22(6), pp.985-1018
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- DOI
- 10.1080/02699930701597601
- ISSN
- 0269-9931
- eISSN
- 1464-0600
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2008
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984213266002771
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