APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Cross-Task Convergence in Measuring Threat Bias and Anxiety
- Courtney Louis
Michigan State University - Samantha Denefrio
The Graduate Center, City University of New York - Karlina Slisane
Hunter College, The City University of New York - Tracy Dennis-Tiwary
Hunter College, The City University of New York
Abstract
Research has shown poor cross-task convergence across threat bias (TB) measurements. The gold-standard dot probe was compared to the Posner cueing task. Although both tasks were sensitive to changes in TB following a brief stressor, only the Posner task was able to predict trait anxiety.
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