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Selective attention to angry faces in clinical social phobia.
J Abnorm Psychol. 2004 Feb; 113(1):160-5.JA

Abstract

This study investigated the time course of attentional responses to emotional facial expressions in a clinical sample with social phobia. With a visual probe task, photographs of angry, happy, and neutral faces were presented at 2 exposure durations: 500 and 1250 ms. At 500 ms, the social phobia group showed enhanced vigilance for angry faces, relative to happy and neutral faces, in comparison with normal controls. In the 1250-ms condition, there were no significant attentional biases in the social phobia group. Results are consistent with a bias in initial orienting to threat cues in social anxiety. Findings are discussed in relation to recent cognitive models of anxiety disorders.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Mogg K
Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom. k.mogg@soton.ac.uk
Philippot P
No affiliation info available
Bradley BP
No affiliation info available

MeSH

AdultAngerAttentionDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental DisordersFacial ExpressionFemaleHumansMalePhobic DisordersRandom AllocationReaction Time

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

14992669

Citation

Mogg, Karin, et al. "Selective Attention to Angry Faces in Clinical Social Phobia." Journal of Abnormal Psychology, vol. 113, no. 1, 2004, pp. 160-5.
Mogg K, Philippot P, Bradley BP. Selective attention to angry faces in clinical social phobia. J Abnorm Psychol. 2004;113(1):160-5.
Mogg, K., Philippot, P., & Bradley, B. P. (2004). Selective attention to angry faces in clinical social phobia. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 113(1), 160-5.
Mogg K, Philippot P, Bradley BP. Selective Attention to Angry Faces in Clinical Social Phobia. J Abnorm Psychol. 2004;113(1):160-5. PubMed PMID: 14992669.
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