Attentional focus moderates the relationship between attention to threat bias and delusion-like experiences in healthy adults

2017
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dc.abstract.enBackground: The role of cognitive biases in delusion and delusion-like experiences has been widely investigated in recent years. However, little is known about individual differences, which may influence association between cognitive biases and formation of delusional beliefs. The aim of this study was to examine the moderating effect of self-reported attentional control on the relationship between attention to threat bias (ATB) and delusion-like experiences (DLEs) in healthy adults. Methods: Participants (n = 138) completed the Davos Assessment of the Cognitive Biases Scale (DACOBS), the Attentional Control Scale (ACS) and the Peters et al. Delusions Inventory (PDI). The moderation analysis was performed to check the influence of different components of attentional control (i.e. general ability to allocate attention, focusing, shifting and divide attention) on the interplay between ATB and DLEs. Results: The results supported the moderation model. Specifically, we found that a higher level of ability to focus attention is associated with a stronger effect of attention to threat bias on the overall frequency of DLEs. Our results indicate that ATB contributes to the number of DLEs only in individuals with high and moderate capacity to focus attention, whereas in those who scored low on the ACS focusing attention subscale, the presence of attentional bias does not influence the frequency of DLEs. Conclusions: Our findings show that the individual difference variable, such as ability to voluntarily focus attention, may moderate the relationship between attention to threat bias and delusion-like experiences in healthy adults.pl
dc.affiliationWydział Filozoficzny : Instytut Psychologiipl
dc.contributor.authorProchwicz, Katarzyna - 131546 pl
dc.contributor.authorKłosowska, Joanna - 138897 pl
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-14T09:53:01Z
dc.date.available2017-01-14T09:53:01Z
dc.date.issued2017pl
dc.description.physical27-32pl
dc.description.volume39pl
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.06.006pl
dc.identifier.issn0924-9338pl
dc.identifier.urihttp://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/35365
dc.languageengpl
dc.language.containerengpl
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dc.subject.endelusion-like experiencespl
dc.subject.enattention to threat biaspl
dc.subject.enattentional controlpl
dc.subtypeArticlepl
dc.titleAttentional focus moderates the relationship between attention to threat bias and delusion-like experiences in healthy adultspl
dc.title.journalEuropean Psychiatrypl
dc.typeJournalArticlepl
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dc.abstract.enpl
Background: The role of cognitive biases in delusion and delusion-like experiences has been widely investigated in recent years. However, little is known about individual differences, which may influence association between cognitive biases and formation of delusional beliefs. The aim of this study was to examine the moderating effect of self-reported attentional control on the relationship between attention to threat bias (ATB) and delusion-like experiences (DLEs) in healthy adults. Methods: Participants (n = 138) completed the Davos Assessment of the Cognitive Biases Scale (DACOBS), the Attentional Control Scale (ACS) and the Peters et al. Delusions Inventory (PDI). The moderation analysis was performed to check the influence of different components of attentional control (i.e. general ability to allocate attention, focusing, shifting and divide attention) on the interplay between ATB and DLEs. Results: The results supported the moderation model. Specifically, we found that a higher level of ability to focus attention is associated with a stronger effect of attention to threat bias on the overall frequency of DLEs. Our results indicate that ATB contributes to the number of DLEs only in individuals with high and moderate capacity to focus attention, whereas in those who scored low on the ACS focusing attention subscale, the presence of attentional bias does not influence the frequency of DLEs. Conclusions: Our findings show that the individual difference variable, such as ability to voluntarily focus attention, may moderate the relationship between attention to threat bias and delusion-like experiences in healthy adults.
dc.affiliationpl
Wydział Filozoficzny : Instytut Psychologii
dc.contributor.authorpl
Prochwicz, Katarzyna - 131546
dc.contributor.authorpl
Kłosowska, Joanna - 138897
dc.date.accessioned
2017-01-14T09:53:01Z
dc.date.available
2017-01-14T09:53:01Z
dc.date.issuedpl
2017
dc.description.physicalpl
27-32
dc.description.volumepl
39
dc.identifier.doipl
10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.06.006
dc.identifier.issnpl
0924-9338
dc.identifier.uri
http://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/35365
dc.languagepl
eng
dc.language.containerpl
eng
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Bez licencji otwartego dostępu
dc.subject.enpl
delusion-like experiences
dc.subject.enpl
attention to threat bias
dc.subject.enpl
attentional control
dc.subtypepl
Article
dc.titlepl
Attentional focus moderates the relationship between attention to threat bias and delusion-like experiences in healthy adults
dc.title.journalpl
European Psychiatry
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JournalArticle
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Publication
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