Anxiety-Related Stroop Interference in Adolescents

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ID10122585
AuthorsAnne Richards (0000-0003-0208-7093, Birkbeck, University of London, corresponding author), Lucy C Richards (Haberdashers (United Kingdom)), Anna McGeeney (Haberdashers (United Kingdom))
Year2000
Volume127
Issue3
Pages327-333
Publication date2000-07-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of General Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1309 • E-ISSN: 1940-0888
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00221300009598587
PMID10975428
OpenAlexW2163282807
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited17

A group of 16- to 18-year-old students was presented with threat-related and neutral Stroop stimuli on separate cards. Participants were assigned to anxiety groups on the basis of their scores on the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI; A. T. Beck & R. A. Steer, 1990). It was found, as predicted, that the high-anxiety group took significantly longer to identify the color of the threat-related word than the neutral words, whereas there was no difference for the low-anxiety group. There was a significant linear relationship between interference on the task and BAI scores, showing that as anxiety increases there is a corresponding increase in interference produced by the threat-related stimuli when compared with the neutral stimuli. This study demonstrates an anxiety-related Stroop interference effect for adolescents consistent with that reported in the adult literature

Anxiety · Audiology · Beck Anxiety Inventory · Beck Depression Inventory · Cognition · Developmental psychology · Psychiatry · Stroop effect · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Psychology

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