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Anxiety-Related Attention Bias in Four- to Eight-Year-Olds: An Eye-Tracking Study
(1) Background: There is evidence of an attention bias–anxiety relationship in children, but lack of appropriate methods has limited the number of studies with children younger than eight years old. This study used eye tracking as a measure of overt attention in young children. The aim of this study...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7766356/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33348888 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs10120194 |
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author | Stuijfzand, Suzannah Stuijfzand, Bobby Reynolds, Shirley Dodd, Helen |
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description | (1) Background: There is evidence of an attention bias–anxiety relationship in children, but lack of appropriate methods has limited the number of studies with children younger than eight years old. This study used eye tracking as a measure of overt attention in young children. The aim of this study was to assess anxiety-related attention bias in children aged four to eight years. Age was considered a moderator, and the influence of effortful control was investigated. (2) Method: A community sample of 104 children was shown pairs of happy–neutral and angry–neutral faces. Growth curve analyses were used to examine patterns of gaze over time. (3) Results: Analyses revealed moderation by age and anxiety, with distinct patterns of anxiety-related biases seen in different age groups in the angry–neutral face trials. Effortful control did not account for age-related effects. (4) Conclusions: The results support a moderation model of the development of anxiety in children. |
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spelling | pubmed-77663562020-12-28 Anxiety-Related Attention Bias in Four- to Eight-Year-Olds: An Eye-Tracking Study Stuijfzand, Suzannah Stuijfzand, Bobby Reynolds, Shirley Dodd, Helen Behav Sci (Basel) Article (1) Background: There is evidence of an attention bias–anxiety relationship in children, but lack of appropriate methods has limited the number of studies with children younger than eight years old. This study used eye tracking as a measure of overt attention in young children. The aim of this study was to assess anxiety-related attention bias in children aged four to eight years. Age was considered a moderator, and the influence of effortful control was investigated. (2) Method: A community sample of 104 children was shown pairs of happy–neutral and angry–neutral faces. Growth curve analyses were used to examine patterns of gaze over time. (3) Results: Analyses revealed moderation by age and anxiety, with distinct patterns of anxiety-related biases seen in different age groups in the angry–neutral face trials. Effortful control did not account for age-related effects. (4) Conclusions: The results support a moderation model of the development of anxiety in children. MDPI 2020-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7766356/ /pubmed/33348888 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs10120194 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Stuijfzand, Suzannah Stuijfzand, Bobby Reynolds, Shirley Dodd, Helen Anxiety-Related Attention Bias in Four- to Eight-Year-Olds: An Eye-Tracking Study |
title | Anxiety-Related Attention Bias in Four- to Eight-Year-Olds: An Eye-Tracking Study |
title_full | Anxiety-Related Attention Bias in Four- to Eight-Year-Olds: An Eye-Tracking Study |
title_fullStr | Anxiety-Related Attention Bias in Four- to Eight-Year-Olds: An Eye-Tracking Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Anxiety-Related Attention Bias in Four- to Eight-Year-Olds: An Eye-Tracking Study |
title_short | Anxiety-Related Attention Bias in Four- to Eight-Year-Olds: An Eye-Tracking Study |
title_sort | anxiety-related attention bias in four- to eight-year-olds: an eye-tracking study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7766356/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33348888 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs10120194 |
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