与危机相关的刺激不会增加一般大学生人口的情感注意力眼
Lindsay A Santacroce1,2, Benjamin J Tamber-Rosenau3
1Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Fred J. Heyne Building, Room 126, 3695 Cullen Blvd, Houston, TX, 77204, USA. lsantacroce@torontomu.ca.
Cognitive research: principles and implications
|January 9, 2024
概括
像流行病这样的大规模危机并不一定会增加危机相关刺激的注意力. 研究发现,情绪分心,而不是危机的话语或图像,导致了显著的注意力眼.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
- 创伤研究 创伤研究
背景情况:
- 危机会对社区的心理健康产生负面影响,增加抑郁,焦虑和压力.
- 危机刺激可能会引发负面反应,打断日常生活和义务.
- 了解危机刺激的注意力捕捉对于心理健康干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查与危机相关的刺激是否比传统的情绪分心器更能吸引注意力.
- 检查受大规模危机影响的社区中的情感注意力眼 (EAB) 范式.
- 为了比较来自普通情绪分心的EAB与大学生的危机特定刺激.
主要方法:
- 在大学生中利用了情感注意力眼 (EAB) 范式.
- 实验1:使用与哈维风 (过去的危机) 相关的图像来评估EAB.
- 实验2:使用与COVID-19大流行 (正在进行的危机) 相关的单词评估EAB.
主要成果:
- 传统的情绪分心剂始终产生了显著的EABs.
- 与危机相关的刺激 (风哈维图像,COVID-19单词) 显示出缺席或弱的EABs.
- 参与者没有通过危机特定的刺激表现出高度的注意力捕捉.
结论:
- 与危机相关的刺激在一般大学生群体中没有特别强大的吸引注意力.
- 大规模的社区危机不一定会导致对危机相关刺激的广泛,强烈的反应.
- 这些发现挑战了危机事件自动提高人们对相关刺激的注意力这一假设.
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