Abstract

Previous studies have shown that test anxiety is related to attention bias. It is not clear, however, whether a congruent test-threat manipulation is required to elicit this bias or whether the bias is a result of automatic or conscious processes. In the present study we used a mood induction procedure to examine attention bias in test anxious persons using a dot-probe task and incorporated approach-avoidance temperament as a possible moderator. Results showed that the mood induction procedure was not effective in manipulating state anxiety. In the absence of an effective test-threat manipulation, high test anxious persons showed attention bias towards supraliminal threat stimuli. Attention bias was only shown to subliminal threat stimuli in high test anxious persons with a strong approach temperament. This suggests that the mechanism for attention bias to threat stimuli in high test anxious persons is a result of both automatic and conscious processes.

摘要

先前的研究表明，考试焦虑与注意力偏差有关。但是，尚不清楚是否需要采取一致的测试威胁操作来引发这种偏差，或者该偏差是自动过程还是有意识过程的结果。在本研究中，我们使用情绪诱导程序来检查测试焦虑症患者的注意偏见，使用点探针任务并结合避免回避性气质作为可能的主持人。结果表明，情绪诱导程序不能有效地控制状态焦虑。在没有有效的测试威胁操纵的情况下，高测试焦虑的人表现出对im上刺激威胁的注意力偏向。注意偏倚仅在具有强进路气质的高考焦虑患者中表现为对潜意识的威胁刺激。