Attentional reactions to an MI: the impact of mood state, worry, and coping style.
J Psychosom Res
; 46(5): 415-23, 1999 May.
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| ID: mdl-10404476
ABSTRACT
This study investigated the possible development of an attentional bias to cardiac-related words in subjects who recently experienced a myocardial infarction (MI). It was hypothesized that cardiac-related stimuli would have attention-capturing characteristics for post-MI subjects, and this bias would be moderated by level of anxiety, degree of cardiac-related worry, and the subject's coping style. Post-MI subjects (n = 33) and matched controls (n = 31) participated in an attentional search task. The post-MI subjects failed to show the predicted group increases in attention allocated to cardiac stimuli, but a difference between groups still occurred as the control group exhibited directed inattention to cardiac stimuli. Subsequent analysis indicated those post-MI subjects who did evince an attentional bias toward cardiac stimuli had higher monitoring scores on a self-report measure of coping style. Level of emotional distress and cardiac-related worry failed to predict attentional bias for the post-MI subjects.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Atenção
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Adaptação Psicológica
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Afeto
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Infarto do Miocárdio
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Psychosom Res
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos
País de publicação:
ENGLAND
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ESCOCIA
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GB
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GREAT BRITAIN
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INGLATERRA
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REINO UNIDO
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SCOTLAND
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UK
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UNITED KINGDOM