Avoidance of Bereavement-Related Stimuli in Chinese Individuals Experiencing Prolonged Grief: Evidence from a Dot-Probe Task

Frontiers in Psychology

Meng Yu¹ 

关键词: prolonged grief;    bereavement;    attentional bias;    avoidant tendency;    dot-probe task;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01201

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Background: Attentional bias refers to a preference for (e.g., vigilance) or a shifting away (e.g., avoidance) of one’s focus with respect to specific stimuli. Accumulating evidence suggests that an attentional bias toward death/threat-related stimuli exists in bereaved individuals experiencing prolonged grief (PG). Measuring for different processing may reflect different cognitive characteristics. Therefore, this study sought to compare information-processing biases in Chinese individuals with high versus low levels of PG symptomatology at supraliminal and subliminal levels, respectively.

【 授权许可】

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