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JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 34, Issue 6, Pages 841-852Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-006-9066-3
Keywords
selective attention; memory bias; cognitive errors; anxiety
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- NIMH NIH HHS [MH067572] Funding Source: Medline
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The purpose of this study was to examine the linkages among selective attention, memory bias, cognitive errors, and anxiety problems by testing a model of the interrelations among these cognitive variables and childhood anxiety disorder symptoms. A community sample of 81 youth (38 females and 43 males) aged 9-17 years and their parents completed measures of the child's anxiety disorder symptoms. Youth completed assessments measuring selective attention, memory bias, and cognitive errors. Results indicated that selective attention, memory bias, and cognitive errors were each correlated with childhood anxiety problems and provide support for a cognitive model of anxiety which posits that these three biases are associated with childhood anxiety problems. Only limited support for significant interrelations among selective attention, memory bias, and cognitive errors was found. Finally, results point towards an effective strategy for moving the assessment of selective attention to younger and community samples of youth.
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