Year: 2006
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Two studies assessed information processing biases related to threat and novelty in school age children who differed in behaviourally inhibited temperament (BI). Study 1 (N = 40) assessed selective attention for threatening expressions in novel and familiar faces using the Dot Probe task. BI ratings were obtained using two self-report measures: the BIQ and BII. Children with higher BI exhibited a greater attentional bias towards threat (with no evidence for avoidance following initial vigilance), and responded faster to novel faces across trials. Study 2 (N = 188) attempted to replicate and expand on Study 1. The Dot Probe task had additional trials to directly assess potential attentional biases for novel faces, and the parent-report versions of the BIQ and BII were administered in addition to the self-report versions. The findings regarding selective attention for threat were inconsistent, and there was no evidence that response to novelty differed based on BI.
Source: Summit (Simon Fraser University)
Author: Marlena M. Szpunar
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2310116273