APS
2023 APS Annual Convention · 2023
An Investigation of the Relationship between Threat Bias, Self-Efficacy, and Pediatric Anxiety
- Sara Kirschner
National Institute of Mental Health - Parmis Khosravi
National Institute of Mental Health - Meghan Byrne
National Institute of Mental Health - Rany Abend
National Institute of Mental Health - Yair Bar-Haim
Tel-Aviv University - Krystal Lewis
National Institute of Mental Health - Daniel Pine
National Institute of Mental Health
Abstract
Self-efficacy, one's confidence in their ability to complete a goal, was shown to moderate the relationship between threat-bias and pediatric anxiety, as measured with an eye-tracking task of sustained attention to negatively-valenced faces. Along with efforts to reduce threat-bias, self-efficacy may serve as a protective factor against anxiety.
Psychopathology
