Robbie M Cooper
Acutely induced anxiety increases negative interpretations of events in a closed-circuit television monitoring task
Authors
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 |
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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 |