Extended testing with the dot-probe task increases test-retest reliability and validity.
Anxiety
Attention bias
Dot-probe task
Target location
Test–retest reliability
Journal
Cognitive processing
ISSN: 1612-4790
Titre abrégé: Cogn Process
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 101177984
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2019
Feb 2019
Historique:
received:
29
01
2018
accepted:
22
08
2018
pubmed:
2
9
2018
medline:
11
5
2019
entrez:
2
9
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The dot-probe task is used to measure attentional biases toward threat. However, the test-retest reliability and validity of the task have been called into question. No studies to date have included an extended number of testing sessions or tailored the task to individual participants by incorporating self-relevant stimuli-doing so may improve reliability. Here, participants provided 10 words that caused them anxiety and 10 neutral words which were incorporated into a dot-probe task for 6 sessions. The test-retest reliability of their bias indices was stronger in bottom-target trials relative to top-target trials and stronger among later relative to earlier sessions. State and trait anxiety were moderately correlated with bias indices in later sessions, but not earlier sessions. Overall reaction time in each session was moderately correlated with state and trait anxiety. These results suggest that including extended testing may facilitate dot-probe task test-retest reliability and validity.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30171401
doi: 10.1007/s10339-018-0886-1
pii: 10.1007/s10339-018-0886-1
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
65-72Subventions
Organisme : Excellence in Education Research Program, Northern Michigan University
ID : N/A
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