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Attentional bias towards health-threat information in chronic fatigue syndrome

Attentional bias towards health-threat information in chronic fatigue syndrome
Attentional bias towards health-threat information in chronic fatigue syndrome
Objective

To investigate whether individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) show an attentional bias towards health-threat information.

Methods

Attentional bias (AB) was assessed in individuals with CFS and healthy controls using a visual probe task which presented health-threat and neutral words and pictures for 500 ms. Self-report questionnaires were used to assess CFS symptoms, depression, anxiety, and social desirability.

Results

Compared to a healthy control group, the CFS group showed an enhanced AB towards heath-threat stimuli relative to neutral stimuli. The AB was not influenced by the type of stimulus (pictures vs. words).

Conclusion

The finding of an AB towards health-threat information in individuals with CFS is supportive of models of CFS which underlie cognitive behavior therapy.
attentional bias, chronic fatigue syndrome, health-threat stimuli, visual probe task
0022-3999
47-50
Hou, Ruihua
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Moss-Morris, Rona
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Bradley, Brendan P.
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Peveler, Robert
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Mogg, Karin
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Hou, Ruihua
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Moss-Morris, Rona
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Bradley, Brendan P.
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Peveler, Robert
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Mogg, Karin
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Hou, Ruihua, Moss-Morris, Rona, Bradley, Brendan P., Peveler, Robert and Mogg, Karin (2008) Attentional bias towards health-threat information in chronic fatigue syndrome. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 65 (1), 47-50. (doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.03.008). (PMID:18582611)

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Abstract

Objective

To investigate whether individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) show an attentional bias towards health-threat information.

Methods

Attentional bias (AB) was assessed in individuals with CFS and healthy controls using a visual probe task which presented health-threat and neutral words and pictures for 500 ms. Self-report questionnaires were used to assess CFS symptoms, depression, anxiety, and social desirability.

Results

Compared to a healthy control group, the CFS group showed an enhanced AB towards heath-threat stimuli relative to neutral stimuli. The AB was not influenced by the type of stimulus (pictures vs. words).

Conclusion

The finding of an AB towards health-threat information in individuals with CFS is supportive of models of CFS which underlie cognitive behavior therapy.

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Published date: July 2008
Keywords: attentional bias, chronic fatigue syndrome, health-threat stimuli, visual probe task
Organisations: Clinical Neuroscience

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Local EPrints ID: 72417
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/72417
ISSN: 0022-3999
PURE UUID: 1dbc23fa-3cac-4c78-a480-ec1d491dd6b0
ORCID for Ruihua Hou: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6127-1478
ORCID for Brendan P. Bradley: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2801-4271
ORCID for Robert Peveler: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5596-9394

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Date deposited: 12 Feb 2010
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:52

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Author: Ruihua Hou ORCID iD
Author: Rona Moss-Morris
Author: Robert Peveler ORCID iD
Author: Karin Mogg

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