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The Effect of Brief Mindfulness Induction on Attetnion Bias to Threat: Difference According to Stimuli-Presentation Time

The Korean Journal of Health Psychology / The Korean Journal of Health Psychology, (P)1229-070X; (E)2713-9581
2019, v.24 no.2, pp.311-329
https://doi.org/10.17315/kjhp.2019.24.2.002


& (2019). The Effect of Brief Mindfulness Induction on Attetnion Bias to Threat: Difference According to Stimuli-Presentation Time. The Korean Journal of Health Psychology, 24(2), 311-329, https://doi.org/10.17315/kjhp.2019.24.2.002

Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of brief mindfulness induction on time-course of attention to threat seen by anxious people. To do this, participants were randomly assigned to one of two groups (mindfulness, control), and performed dot-probe task after completing a brief treatment session. Considering the time-course of attention, the stimulus-presentation time of dot-probe task was adjusted to 450ms and 1250ms, and the performance of the top 50 percent participants with high level of trait anxiety was used for the analysis of results. As a result of between-group comparison, control group was found to pay more attention to the threat than mindfulness group regardless of the stimulus-presentation time. Examining the qualitative change patterns of attention bias in groups showed that control group had an attentional bias toward the threat when the stimulus was presented shortly (450 ms), but had no bias when the stimulus was long (1250 ms). On the other hand, mindfulness group showed no bias of attention regardless of the stimulus-presentation time. These results verified vigilance-avoidance hypothesis and brief mindfulness induction reduced attentional bias. Finally, limitations of this study and implications for future research were discussed.

keywords
Anxiety, Attentional bias, Vigilance-Avoidance hypothesis, Mindfulness, 불안, 주의편향, 경계-회피 가설, 마음챙김

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