| Anxiety and the interpretation of ambiguity: a text comprehension study. | |
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PMID: 8315136 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Beck's influential cognitive account of anxiety has led to the prediction that individuals vulnerable to anxiety should favor threatening interpretations of ambiguity (e.g., Beck & Clark, 1988; Beck, Emery, & Greenberg, 1986). The current study introduces a novel adaptation of the RSVP technique, previously used in text comprehension research, to evaluate this hypothesis. Results suggest that a group of 24 high trait anxious students did indeed selectively impose threatening interpretations on unconstrained ambiguous sentences. In contrast, a matched group of 24 low trait anxious students appeared to selectively impose non-threatening interpretations on such ambiguous sentences. These findings are fully consistent with the predicted anxiety-linked interpretative bias. Specific testable hypotheses are developed concerning the types of interpretative idiosyncrasies that plausibly may contribute to pathological anxiety. |
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Authors:
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C MacLeod; I L Cohen |
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of abnormal psychology Volume: 102 ISSN: 0021-843X ISO Abbreviation: J Abnorm Psychol Publication Date: 1993 May |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1993-07-23 Completed Date: 1993-07-23 Revised Date: 2009-11-11 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0034461 Medline TA: J Abnorm Psychol Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 238-47 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Psychology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Perth. |
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Adolescent Adult Anxiety Disorders / psychology* Arousal Depressive Disorder / psychology* Female Heart Rate Humans Language Male Questionnaires Speech Perception |
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