What is attention bias variability? Examining the potential roles of attention control and response time variability in its relationship with anxiety.

Abstract:

:The present study examined the underlying role of attention control and response time variability in explaining the relationship between anxiety and two commonly computed measures of attention bias variability: 'moving average' and 'trial-level bias score' measures. Participants (final n = 195) completed measures of anxiety symptomatology, antisaccade performance (attention control), a stand-alone measure of response-time variability, and a probe task measure of attention bias. Average bias and moving average bias variability measures both recorded significant, but low split-half reliability. Both attention bias variability measures and average attention bias were associated with anxiety, and attention control. Both attention bias variability measures correlated with response time variability. Neither attention bias variability measure correlated with average attention bias. Attention control was the single significant mediator of the relationship between anxiety and the trial-level bias score measure of attention bias variability. Neither response time variability nor attention control significantly mediated the relationship between anxiety and the moving average measure of attention bias variability. No evidence was found for the mediating role of response time variability. The present findings suggest that the relationships observed between anxiety and the trial-level bias score measure of attention bias variability in particular may be attributable to the over-arching role of attention control.

journal_name

Behav Res Ther

authors

Clarke PJF,Marinovic W,Todd J,Basanovic J,Chen NTM,Notebaert L

doi

10.1016/j.brat.2020.103751

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-12-01 00:00:00

pages

103751

eissn

0005-7967

issn

1873-622X

pii

S0005-7967(20)30205-9

journal_volume

135

pub_type

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