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KMID : 0981220120120010113
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Congnitive Behavior Therapy in Korea
2012 Volume.12 No. 1 p.113 ~ p.127
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Association between worry and attentional bias for uncertainty
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Lee Joo-Eun
Oh Kyung-Ja
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Abstract
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Recent research on worry emphasizes the role of intolerance of uncertainty in the development and maintenance of excessive worry and generalized anxiety disorder. However, few empirical attempts have been made to find out if attentional bias for uncertainty exists in individuals with excessive worry. The purpose of the present study was to empirically investigate whether worry is associated with attentional bias for uncertain stimuli over neutral stimuli by distinguishing attentional orienting from attentional disengaging. Results of the present study showed that there was a high correlation between worry and intolerance of uncertainty based on self-report measures, which further supports previous research findings. In addition, it was revealed that low worry individuals had a significantly lower index of attentional orienting to uncertainty, compared to moderate worry individuals, but there was no significant group differences between low worry individuals and high worry individuals or between moderate worry individuals and high worry individuals. No significant group differences were observed in attentional disengaging from uncertainty, attentional orienting to threat or disengaging from threat. Future studies will need to explore the issue further by involving a wider range of participants and clinical group.
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KEYWORD
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Worry, uncertainty, intolerance of uncertainty, attention, bias
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