Buckner Julia D, Maner Jon K, Schmidt Norman B
Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, 239 Audubon Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
Cognit Ther Res. 2010 Feb 1;34(1):99-105. doi: 10.1007/s10608-008-9205-y.
Selective attention to threat is believed to maintain social anxiety, yet the nature of attentional processing remains unclear. It has been posited that difficulty disengaging from threat cues may be implicated. The present study tested this hypothesis using an eye tracking paradigm to directly examine eye fixations in a non-clinical sample (N = 46). Eye movements were tracked during presentation of social cues (happy or disgust faces) embedded with non-social cues matched on dimensions of valence, threat, and arousal. Stimuli were presented for 2,000 ms to allow for examination of attention over time. Results suggest that individuals with higher social anxiety may demonstrate relative difficulty disengaging from negative social cues (i.e., disgust faces). Social anxiety was unrelated to eye movements concerning happy faces. Implications for the maintenance and etiology of social anxiety are discussed.
对威胁的选择性注意被认为维持着社交焦虑，但注意加工的本质仍不清楚。有人提出，难以从威胁线索中脱离可能与之有关。本研究使用眼动追踪范式对一个非临床样本（N = 46）进行测试，以直接检查注视情况。在呈现带有在效价、威胁和唤醒维度上匹配的非社交线索的社交线索（开心或厌恶的面孔）时追踪眼动。刺激呈现2000毫秒，以便考察随时间变化的注意情况。结果表明，社交焦虑程度较高的个体可能在从负面社交线索（即厌恶的面孔）中脱离方面表现出相对困难。社交焦虑与关于开心面孔的眼动无关。本文讨论了对社交焦虑维持和病因的启示。
