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Abstract
Background: Cognitive models propose that an attentional bias to negative information (ABNI) plays a key role in the aetiology and maintenance of high trait anxiety. The findings from previous research suggest that high autistic symptoms may attenuate anxiety-linked difference in ABNI. Method: This possibility was investigated by screening candidate participants (n = 871) on the Autism Spectrum Quotient and the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and then recruiting four groups representing the combination of high/low autistic traits and high/low trait anxiety (n = 89), with participants completing a dot-probe task. Results: Results demonstrated a significant anxiety-linked difference in ABNI in participants high in autistic traits, but not in participants low in autistic traits. Conclusions: This pattern of findings stands in clear contradiction to the hypothesis that high levels of autistic traits attenuate anxiety-linked difference in ABNI.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 102036 |
Journal | Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders |
Volume | 98 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2022 |
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The cognitive basis of anxiety-linked heightened negative expectancies
ARC Australian Research Council
27/01/20 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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Differentiating the cognitive basis of unproductive vs productive worry
ARC Australian Research Council
21/12/17 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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Multidimensional Autistic Traits and Attention in Healthy Adults
Maybery, M., Visser, T., Whitehouse, A., Gignac, G. & Enns, J.
ARC Australian Research Council
25/03/19 → 24/03/23
Project: Research