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2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Implications of Psychosocial Stress on Attentional Bias Among Adolescents

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Cognitive Psychology

  • James Swanson
    Teen Resilience Laboratory
  • Zahra Mousavi
    University of California, Irvine
  • Mai-Lan Tran
    University of California, Irvine
  • Kate Kuhlman
    University of California, Irvine

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the association of age, gender, and psychosocial stress on adolescent attentional bias. Adolescent participants underwent a dot-probe task before and after a Trier Social Stress Test. The results revealed that gender and age may contribute to attentional bias after acute stress exposure.

Stress