Exploring the changing visual attention under the exposure therapy using eye-tracking device

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26380946
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Mejiro University
• Principal Investigator: TAKAHASHI Minoru 目白大学, 人間学部, 准教授 (10341231)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: エクスポージャー / 認知行動療法 / 視覚的注意 / アイトラッキング

Outline of Final Research Achievements

An attention during exposure sessions is known to affect the anxiety habituation process. However, in the actual treatment of anxiety and phobias, levels of attention or engagement toward the aversive stimuli are rarely measured. The purpose of the present study 1 was to explore the factor structure and internal consistency of the Insect Phobia Questionnaire in Japanese (IPQ-J). The purpose of study 2 is to explore the temporal change in visual attention during exposure sessions using aversive pictures. The result was suggested that the strategy of visual attention alters during the exposure session depending on levels of subjective distress.

Free Research Field

臨床心理学、応用行動分析学、行動科学