Evaluating the Link between Visual Attention Bias and Emotion Dysregulation of Young Children.

ABSTRACT: The ability to regulate emotions is vital to successful social interactions. This study explores whether visual attention bias is associated with emotion dysregulation (ED) in early childhood. Parental reports of child ED (Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) and Temper Tantrum Scale) were examined in relation to child visual attention bias whilst viewing emotional faces. Results indicated that the level of eye gaze fixation towards emotional images and faces was associated with ED when social function (measured with the Social Responsiveness Scale), gender, age, and attention problems (measured from the CBCL subscale), were adjusted. The modifying effect on visual attention bias was evaluated using interaction analysis in the generalized linear model. The level of visual attention bias, indic

SUBMITTER: Brice F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11568008 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature