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Attentional biases for negative interpersonal stimuli in clinical depression

Gotlib, Ian H., Krasnoperova, Elena, Yue, Dana Neubauer, Joormann, Jutta·2004·Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Abstract

An information-processing paradigm was used to examine attentional biases in clinically depressed participants, participants with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and nonpsychiatric control participants for faces expressing sadness, anger, and happiness. Faces were presented for 1000 ms, at which point depressed participants had directed their attention selectively to depression-relevant (i.e., sad) faces. This attentional bias was specific to the emotion of sadness; the depressed participants did not exhibit attentional biases to the angry or happy faces. This bias was also specific to depression; at 1000 ms, participants with GAD were not attending selectively to sad, happy, or anxiety-relevant (i.e., angry) faces. Implications of these findings for both the cognitive and the interpersonal functioning of depressed individuals are discussed and directions for future research are advanced.

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Authors
Gotlib, I. H., Krasnoperova, E., Yue, D. N., & Joormann, J.
Affiliations
  • Stanford University (US)
  • Ruhr University Bochum (DE)
Venue
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Published
2004-02
Volume
113
Issue
1
Pages
127-135
ISSN
  • 0021-843X (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1846
OpenAlex
W2129600186
Cited by
911
References
60
Citations by year
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FWCI
24.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Abnormal Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (MH59259, R01MH059259)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords
attentional bias, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, facial emotion recognition, sadness, anger, happiness
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Affect, Attention, Depressive Disorder, Major, Major Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Middle Aged, Random Allocation, Severity of Illness Index, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

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