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Behavioral inhibition and attentional network functioning.

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216, USA.
Cognitive behaviour therapy 03/2012; 41(1):1-4. DOI:10.1080/16506073.2011.614273 pp.1-4
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ABSTRACT The goal of the present study was to examine the interrelations between the sensitivity of the Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS) and attentional network functioning (i.e., the orienting, alerting, and executive attentional networks), with the aim of identifying a potentially relevant mechanism for understanding the relation between BIS sensitivity and the pathogenesis of anxiety and its disorders. To this end, 99 participants were recruited from the community and administered a questionnaire assessing BIS sensitivity, as well as the Attentional Network Test. Results demonstrated a significant association between BIS sensitivity and enhanced orienting attention. Further, BIS sensitivity predicted orienting attention above and beyond relevant covariates, including state negative affect. Results are discussed in terms of their implications for understanding the role of BIS sensitivity in the pathogenesis of pathological anxiety.

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Keywords

99 participants
 
attentional network
 
Attentional Network Test
 
Behavioral Inhibition System
 
BIS
 
BIS sensitivity
 
executive attentional networks
 
implications
 
interrelations
 
orienting
 
orienting attention
 
pathological anxiety
 
relevant covariates
 
relevant mechanism
 
state negative