Attentional Bias for Cues Signaling Punishment and Reward in Adolescents: Cross-Sectional and Prognostic Associations with Symptoms of Anxiety and Behavioral Disorders.

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Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology Pub Date : 2020-08-01 DOI:10.1007/s10802-020-00654-3

L J Kreuze, N C Jonker, C A Hartman, M H Nauta, P J de Jong

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Heightened reward sensitivity has been proposed as a risk factor for developing behavioral disorders whereas heightened punishment sensitivity has been related to the development of anxiety disorders in youth. Combining a cross-sectional (n = 696, mean age = 16.14) and prospective (n = 598, mean age = 20.20) approach, this study tested the hypotheses that an attentional bias for punishing cues is involved in the development of anxiety disorders and an attentional bias for rewarding cues in the development of behavioral disorders. A spatial orientation task was used to examine the relation between an attentional bias for punishing cues and an attentional bias for rewarding cues with anxiety and behavioral problems in a subsample of a large prospective population cohort study. Our study indicates that attentional biases to general cues of punishment and reward do not seem to be important risk factors for the development of anxiety or behavioral problems respectively. It might be that attentional biases play a role in the maintenance of psychological problems. This remains open for future research.

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青少年惩罚和奖励信号的注意偏倚:焦虑和行为障碍症状的横断面和预后关联

奖励敏感性的提高被认为是行为障碍的风险因素，而惩罚敏感性的提高则与青少年焦虑症的发展有关。本研究采用横断面(n = 696，平均年龄= 16.14)和前瞻性(n = 598，平均年龄= 20.20)方法，验证了惩罚线索的注意偏向与焦虑症的发展有关，奖励线索的注意偏向与行为障碍的发展有关的假设。在一项大型前瞻性人群队列研究的子样本中，采用空间定向任务来检验惩罚线索的注意偏向和奖励线索的注意偏向与焦虑和行为问题之间的关系。我们的研究表明，对惩罚和奖励一般线索的注意偏差似乎不是焦虑或行为问题发展的重要危险因素。可能是注意偏差在维持心理问题中发挥了作用。这对未来的研究仍是开放的。

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期刊介绍： Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology brings together the latest innovative research that advances knowledge of psychopathology from infancy through adolescence. The journal publishes studies that have a strong theoretical framework and use a diversity of methods, with an emphasis on empirical studies of the major forms of psychopathology found in childhood disorders (e.g., disruptive behavior disorders, depression, anxiety, and autism spectrum disorder). Studies focus on the epidemiology, etiology, assessment, treatment, prognosis, and developmental course of these forms of psychopathology. Studies highlighting risk and protective factors; the ecology and correlates of children''s emotional, social, and behavior problems; and advances in prevention and treatment are featured. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology is the official journal of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (ISRCAP), a multidisciplinary scientific society.