Attentional capture by angry faces in girls who self-injure: Evidence from steady state visual evoked potentials.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a significant public health concern, not only because of the personal and social cost of the behavior itself, but also because it increases risk for future self-injurious behaviors, including suicide attempts. NSSI is increasingly prevalent during adolescence, which highlights the need for research aimed at identifying modifiable risk factors that can be targeted to reduce future risk. Building from theoretical models that highlight interpersonal processes, this study examined whether adolescents with an NSSI history exhibit greater difficulty inhibiting attention to emotionally salient interpersonal stimuli (face), indexed via steady state visual evoked potentials (SSVEPs), which provide a direct neural index of the ability to inhibit

SUBMITTER: James KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9742197 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature