Inhibitory control and emotion dysregulation: A framework for research on anxiety.

ABSTRACT: While emotional dysregulation is a broad construct, the current paper adopts a narrow approach to facilitate translational neuroscience research on pediatric anxiety. The paper first presents data on an adapted version of the antisaccade task and then integrates these data into a research framework. Data on an adapted version of the antisaccade task were collected in 57 youth, including 35 seeking treatment for an anxiety disorder. Associations were examined between performance on the antisaccade task and (a) age, (b) performance on other cognitive-control tasks (i.e., the stop-signal delay and flanker tasks), and (c) level of anxiety symptoms. Better performance on the antisaccade task occurred in older relative to younger subjects and correlated with better performance on the flanker tas

SUBMITTER: Cardinale EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7439288 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature