The influence of punishment anticipation on inhibitory control processing in individuals with test anxiety

IF 2.9 3区医学 Q1 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Biological Psychology Pub Date : 2025-07-22 DOI:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2025.109086

Yuhong Ou , Renlai Zhou

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Abstract

Using the event-related potential (ERP) method combined with the monetary incentive delay task and arrow Flanker Task, this study investigated the impact of varying punishment anticipation on inhibitory control processing in individuals with test anxiety. Results revealed that during the cue processing, compared to individuals with low test anxiety (LTA), individuals with high test anxiety (HTA) exhibited more negative cue-N2 and CNV amplitudes under high punishment conditions. In the inhibitory control processing, under high punishment conditions, HTA individuals showed more negative N2 amplitudes in incongruent trials compared to LTA individuals. Under no-punishment conditions, HTA individuals demonstrated more positive P3 and conflict SP amplitudes in incongruent trials. The study suggests that excessive punishment anticipation for failure consequences may constitute the mechanism underlying inhibitory control deficits in individuals with HTA. These findings provide a new perspective for understanding the inhibitory control deficits in HTA and offer foundations for targeted interventions.

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惩罚预期对考试焦虑个体抑制控制加工的影响

本研究采用事件相关电位（ERP）方法，结合货币激励延迟任务和箭头侧克任务，研究了不同惩罚预期对考试焦虑个体抑制控制加工的影响。结果表明，在线索加工过程中，与低测试焦虑（LTA）个体相比，高测试焦虑（HTA）个体在高惩罚条件下表现出更多的负线索- n2和CNV振幅。在抑制控制加工中，在高惩罚条件下，HTA个体比LTA个体在不一致试验中表现出更多的负N2波幅。在非惩罚条件下，HTA个体在不一致试验中表现出更多的正P3和冲突SP幅值。研究表明，对失败后果的过度惩罚预期可能构成HTA个体抑制控制缺陷的机制。这些发现为理解HTA的抑制控制缺陷提供了新的视角，并为有针对性的干预提供了基础。

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Biological Psychology 医学-行为科学

CiteScore

4.20

自引率

11.50%

发文量

146

审稿时长

3 months

期刊介绍： Biological Psychology publishes original scientific papers on the biological aspects of psychological states and processes. Biological aspects include electrophysiology and biochemical assessments during psychological experiments as well as biologically induced changes in psychological function. Psychological investigations based on biological theories are also of interest. All aspects of psychological functioning, including psychopathology, are germane. The Journal concentrates on work with human subjects, but may consider work with animal subjects if conceptually related to issues in human biological psychology.