Attentional control and suppressing negative thought intrusions in pathological worry
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Adaptive behavior relies on the ability to effectively and efficiently ignore irrelevant information, an important component of attentional control. The current research found that fundamental difficulties in ignoring irrelevant material are related to dispositional differences in trait propensity to worry, suggesting a core deficit in attentional control in high worriers. The degree of deficit in attentional control correlated with the degree of difficulty in suppressing negative thought intrusions in a worry assessment task. A cognitive training procedure utilizing a flanker task was used in an attempt to improve attentional control. Although the cognitive training was largely ineffective, improvements in attentional control were associated with improvements in the ability to suppress worry-related thought intrusions. Across two studies, the findings indicate that the inability to control worry-related negative thought intrusions is associated with a general deficiency in attentional control.
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Improved attention control (flanker performance) is associated with fewer worry-related intrusive thoughts.
“likewise improved attention control (flanker performance) is associated with fewer worry-related intrusive thoughts (Fox, Dutton, Yates, Georgiou, & Mouchlianitis, 2015).”
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Increased self-reported worry is associated with poorer performance on an attentional flanker task.
“increased self-reported worry is associated with poorer performance on an attentional flanker task”
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- Authors
- Fox, E., Dutton, K., Yates, A., Georgiou, G. A., & Mouchlianitis, E.
- Affiliations
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Department of Psychology, University Campus Oldham
- University of Roehampton (GB)
- King's College London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Fox, Elaine
- Venue
- Clinical Psychological Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2015-07
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 593-606
- ISSN
- 2167-7026 (ISSN-L)
- 2167-7034
- PMC
- PMC4618297
- OpenAlex
- W1853265543
- Cited by
- 57
- References
- 44
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 10.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Clinical Psychological Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
- University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust (076701)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Mind wandering and attention
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Keywords
- attentional control, pathological worry, trait worry, thought suppression, cognitive training, flanker task, selective attention
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