Effects of verbal information on fear-related reasoning biases in children.
Behav Res Ther
; 47(3): 206-14, 2009 Mar.
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The present study made an attempt to induce fear-related reasoning biases by providing children with negative information about a novel stimulus. For this purpose, non-clinical children aged 9-12 years (N=318) were shown a picture of an unknown animal for which they received either negative, ambiguous, positive, or no information. Then children completed a series of tests for measuring various types of reasoning biases (i.e., confirmation bias and covariation bias) in relation to this animal. Results indicated that children in the negative and, to a lesser extent, the ambiguous information groups displayed higher scores on tests of fear-related reasoning biases than children in the positive and no information groups. Altogether, these results support the idea that learning via negatively tinted information plays a role in the development of fear-related cognitive distortions in youths.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Pensamiento
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Comunicación
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Miedo
Límite:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
Behav Res Ther
Año:
2009
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Article
País de afiliación:
Países Bajos
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido