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"Health Comes First": Action Tendencies to Health-Related Stimuli in People with Health-Anxiety as Revealed by an Emotional Go/No-Go Task.
Sagliano, Laura; Nappo, Raffaele; Liotti, Mario; Fiorenza, Mariarosaria; Gargiulo, Chiara; Trojano, Luigi; Conson, Massimiliano.
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  • Sagliano L; Department of Psychology, University of Campania-Luigi Vanvitelli, 81100 Caserta, Italy.
  • Nappo R; Department of Psychology, University of Campania-Luigi Vanvitelli, 81100 Caserta, Italy.
  • Liotti M; Neapolisanit Rehabilitation Center, Via Funari, 80044 Ottaviano, Naples, Italy.
  • Fiorenza M; Department of Developmental and Social Psychology and Padua Neuroscience Center, University of Padua, 35100 Padua, Italy.
  • Gargiulo C; Department of Psychology, University of Campania-Luigi Vanvitelli, 81100 Caserta, Italy.
  • Trojano L; Department of Psychology, University of Campania-Luigi Vanvitelli, 81100 Caserta, Italy.
  • Conson M; Department of Psychology, University of Campania-Luigi Vanvitelli, 81100 Caserta, Italy.
Int J Environ Res Public Health ; 18(17)2021 08 28.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34501693
The processing of health-related stimuli can be biased by health anxiety and anxiety sensitivity but, at the moment, it is far from clear whether health-related stimuli can affect motor readiness or the ability to inhibit action. In this preliminary study, we assessed whether different levels of health anxiety and anxiety sensitivity affect disposition to action in response to positive and negative health-related stimuli in non-clinical individuals. An emotional go/no-go task was devised to test action disposition in response to positive (wellness-related), and negative (disease-related) stimuli in non-clinical participants who also underwent well-validated self-report measures of health anxiety and anxiety sensitivity. The main results showed that both health anxiety and anxiety sensitivity biased participants' responses. Importantly, safety-seeking and avoidance behaviors differently affected action disposition in response to positive and negative stimuli. These preliminary results support the idea that health anxiety and anxiety sensitivity could determine a hypervigilance for health-related information with a different perturbation of response control depending on the valence of the stimuli. Health anxiety and health anxiety disorder do form a continuum; thus, capturing different action tendencies to health-related stimuli could represent a valuable complementary tool to detect processing biases in persons who might develop a clinical condition.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Trastornos de Ansiedad / Emociones Límite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Int J Environ Res Public Health Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Italia Pais de publicación: Suiza
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Trastornos de Ansiedad / Emociones Límite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Int J Environ Res Public Health Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Italia Pais de publicación: Suiza