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Cognitive Bias for Human Information Processingin Anxiety and Depression

Research Project

Project/Area Number 12610128
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 教育・社会系心理学
Research InstitutionHIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

SEIWA Hidetoshi  Hiroshima University, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Professor, 総合科学部, 教授 (90034579)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) HARAGUCHI Yukako  Hiroshima University, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Assistant, 総合科学部, 助手 (30304372)
IWANAGA Makoto  Hiroshima University, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Associate Professor, 総合科学部, 助教授 (40203393)
Project Period (FY) 2000 – 2001
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2001)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥2,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000)
Keywordsanxiety / depression / attentional bias / memory bias / interpretation bias / processing resource / Dot-Probe task / trait and state / 認知情報処理 / 反応時間 / 特性不安 / 状態不安 / 感情の維持 / ドットプローブテスト / 感情誘導法
Research Abstract

Anxiety and depression, which has been as emotional disorders, has been discussed as distortions of cognitive information processing from cognitive psychological approach. Distortions observed in various processing stages were generally called the cognitive bias, which was investigated by perspectives on attention, memory, and interpretation. Though the degrees of the cognitive biases were pointed out to determine by personal traits and emotional states, previous studies could not control these factors carefully. Therefore, the present report controlled personal traits and emotional states, that is, we used personality tests for anxiety and depression to select subjects and the mood induction procedure to elicit specific emotion. We examined five experiments concerning below four themes.
(1) Attentional bias in anxiety and maintenance of negative mood : High trait anxiety subjects showed attentional bias to threatening words and maintained negative mood. Input of negative information by attentional bias might facilitate negative mood.
(2) Relationship between attentional bias and memory bias : Attentional bias was observed in negative mood for high and low trait anxiety subjects, while implicit memory bias was shown by thigh trait anxiety ones. The difference between trait anxiety on cognitive biases might be explained by partial distributions of processing resources.
(3) Relationship between attentional bias and coping style under controlled process : Under conscious and controlled process in anxiety, sensitizer who had approach-type coping showed vigilant bias to threatening words, while represser who had avoidant-like coping did avoidant bias to threatening words.
(4) Interpretation bias in depression : Depressogenic schemata activated negative interpretations about ambiguous pictures.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2001 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2000 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All Other

All Publications (8 results)

  • [Publications] 藤原裕弥, 岩永誠: "注意バイアスが気分維侍に及ぼす効果"感情心理学研究. 7(1). 1-12 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 藤原裕弥, 岩永誠, 生和秀敏: "関心ある語に対する不安時の注意バイアス"広島大学総合科学部研究紀要IV理系編. 27. 25-34 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 藤原裕弥, 岩永誠, 生和秀敏, 作村雅之: "不安における注意バイアス,潜在記憶バイアスに関する研究"行動療法研究. (印刷中). (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Yuya Fujihara & Makoto Iwanaga: "The effect of attentional bias on the maintenance of mood"The Japanese Journal of Research on Emotion. Vol. 7. 1-12 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Yuya Fujihara, Makoto Iwanaga, & Hidetoshi Seiwa: "Attentional bias for words of concern in anxious mood"Memoirs oh the Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences IV, Hiroshima University. Vol. 27. 25-34 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Yuya Fujihara, Makoto Iwanaga, Hidetoshi Seiwa, & Masayuki Sakumura: "A study of attentional bias and implicit memoiy bias in anxiety"Japanese Journal of Behavior Research. (in press).

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 藤原裕弥, 岩永誠, 生和秀敏: "関心ある語に対する不安時の注意バイアス"広島大学総合科学部研究紀要IV理系編. 27. 25-34 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 藤原裕弥,岩永誠: "注意バイアスが気分維持に及ぼす効果"感情心理学研究. 7(1). 1-12 (2000)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report

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