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Temperament, anxiety, and the processing of threat-relevant stimuli

Lonigan, Christopher J., Vasey, Michael W., Phillips, Beth M., Hazen, Rebecca A.·2004·Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
DOI 10.1207/s15374424jccp3301_2
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This article discusses converging evidence from developmental, clinical, and cognitive psychology suggesting that there is significant overlap between research findings on affect, temperament, and attentional processes associated with pathological anxiety. We offer a proposal for the integration of these 3 areas aimed at developing a more clear understanding of the developmental sequence and operative mechanisms in the dysregulation of negative affect and the development of symptoms of anxiety pathology. We review evidence for a model indicating that reactive and effortful temperamental processes, possibly mediated by an attentional bias toward threat-relevant information, interact to produce problems of dysregulated negative affect and elevated levels of pathological anxiety. This model may assist in understanding the development of anxiety disorders, identifying children at risk for such disorders, and selecting points of entry for both preventative and curative interventions.

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  • Threat hypersensitivity of automatic salience evaluation and switching in anxiety may trigger inhibition or interruption of task-related activity and switching of attention priorities, impairing task performance.

    “Threat hypersensitivity of automatic salience evaluation and switching in anxiety may trigger inhibition/interruption of task-related activity, as well as switching of attention priorities from goal-directed processing to threat salience-driven processing (Figure 2), which impairs task performance”

    From Anxiety and Threat-Related Attention: Cognitive-Motivational Framework and Treatment (2018) · cites this paper as [27]

  • ABs in attention-orienting may reflect both salience-driven and goal-directed processes, including reflexive orienting and strategic maintenance, suppression, or avoidance of threat.

    “ABs in attention-orienting (e.g., on a visual probe task) may also reflect both salience-driven and goal-directed processes.”

    From Anxiety and Threat-Related Attention: Cognitive-Motivational Framework and Treatment (2018) · cites this paper as [27]

  • Poor attention control has been linked with increased risk of anxiety disorders.

    “As noted earlier, individual differences in attention control may contribute to anxiety vulnerability, as poor attention control has been linked with increased risk of anxiety disorders (Derryberry & Rothbart, 1997;Lonigan et al., 2004; see Section 2.7).”

    From Anxiety and attention to threat: cognitive mechanisms and treatment with attention bias modification (2016) · cites this paper as Lonigan et al., 2004

  • Top-down cognitive control may play a protective role in regulating emotion and reducing anxiety-proneness.

    “Top-down cognitive control may play a protective role in regulating emotion and reducing anxietyproneness (Derryberry & Rothbart, 1997;Lonigan et al., 2004;Rothbart et al., 1994).”

    From Anxiety and attention to threat: cognitive mechanisms and treatment with attention bias modification (2016) · cites this paper as Lonigan et al., 2004

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Authors
Lonigan, C. J., Vasey, M. W., Phillips, B. M., & Hazen, R. A.
Affiliations
  • Florida State University (US)
  • The Ohio State University (US)
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2004-02
Volume
33
Issue
1
Pages
8-20
ISSN
  • 1537-4416 (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-4424
DOI
10.1207/s15374424jccp3301_2
OpenAlex
W2004061726
Cited by
303
References
116
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 16 · 2016: 22 · 2015: 20 · 2014: 16 · 2013: 16 · 2012: 21
FWCI
12.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5r03hd036509-02, 5r03mh061881-02)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH61881)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD36509, HD/MH38880, R03HD036067, HD36067)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords
temperament, anxiety, attentional bias, pathological anxiety, anxiety disorders, developmental sequence, risk identification, prevention and intervention
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Affect, Anxiety Disorders, Arousal, Attention, Child, Humans, Individuality, Risk Factors, Social Environment, Temperament

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