Anxiety-Related Attention Bias in Four- to Eight-Year-Olds: An Eye-Tracking Study.

ABSTRACT: (1) Background: There is evidence of an attention bias-anxiety relationship in children, but lack of appropriate methods has limited the number of studies with children younger than eight years old. This study used eye tracking as a measure of overt attention in young children. The aim of this study was to assess anxiety-related attention bias in children aged four to eight years. Age was considered a moderator, and the influence of effortful control was investigated. (2) Method: A community sample of 104 children was shown pairs of happy-neutral and angry-neutral faces. Growth curve analyses were used to examine patterns of gaze over time. (3) Results: Analyses revealed moderation by age and anxiety, with distinct patterns of anxiety-related biases seen in different age groups in the angr

SUBMITTER: Stuijfzand S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7766356 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature