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Acutely induced anxiety increases negative interpretations of events in a closed-circuit television monitoring task

Authors

Robbie M Cooper

Christina J Howard

Angela S Attwood

Rachel Stirland

Viviane Rostant

Lynne E Renton

Christine Goodwin

Marcus R



Abstract

In two experiments we measured the effects of 7.5% CO? inhalation on the interpretation of video footage recorded on closed circuit television (CCTV). As predicted, inhalation of 7.5% CO? was associated with increases in physiological and subjective correlates of anxiety compared with inhalation of medical air (placebo). Importantly, when in the 7.5% CO? condition, participants reported the increased presence of suspicious activity compared with placebo (Experiment 1), a finding that was replicated and extended (Experiment 2) with no concomitant increase in the reporting of the presence of positive activity. These findings support previous work on interpretative bias in anxiety but are novel in terms of how the anxiety was elicited, the nature of the interpretative bias, and the ecological validity of the task.

Citation

Cooper, R. M., Howard, C. J., Attwood, A. S., Stirland, R., Rostant, V., Renton, L. E., …Munafò, M. R. (2013). Acutely induced anxiety increases negative interpretations of events in a closed-circuit television monitoring task. Cognition and Emotion, 27, 273-282. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2012.704352

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date 2013
Deposit Date Mar 13, 2014
Print ISSN 0269-9931
Electronic ISSN 1464-0600
Publisher Routledge
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 27
Pages 273-282
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2012.704352
Keywords Inhalation administration; CCTV; anxiety; carbon dioxide; photic stimulation;
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6624
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2012.704352




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