Attentional bias for sad facial expressions in adults with a history of peer victimization
Blauth K, Iffland B (2023)
Frontiers in Psychology 14: 1127381.
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**Introduction**
Previous research has indicated altered attentional processing in individuals with experiences of maltreatment or victimization in childhood and adolescence. The present study examined the impact of child and adolescent experiences of relational peer victimization on attentional processes in adulthood when confronted with emotional facial expressions. **Methods**
As part of an online study, a community sample of adults completed a facial dot-probe task. In the present task, pictures of facial expressions displaying four different emotions (anger, disgust, happiness, and sadness) were used. **Results**
The results of the hierarchical regression analyses showed that retrospective reports of peer victimization made a significant contribution to the prediction of facilitated orienting processes for sad facial expressions. Experiences of emotional child maltreatment, on the other hand, made a significant contribution to the prediction of attentional biases for angry facial expressions. **Discussion**
Our results emphasize the relevance of experiences of emotional and relational maltreatment in childhood and in adolescence for the processing of social stimuli in adulthood. The findings regarding emotional child maltreatment are more indicative of attentional biases in the context of threat detection, whereas the altered attentional processes in peer victimization are more indicative of mood-congruent biases. These altered processes may be active in social situations and may therefore influence future social situations, behavior, feelings, and thus mental health.
Previous research has indicated altered attentional processing in individuals with experiences of maltreatment or victimization in childhood and adolescence. The present study examined the impact of child and adolescent experiences of relational peer victimization on attentional processes in adulthood when confronted with emotional facial expressions. **Methods**
As part of an online study, a community sample of adults completed a facial dot-probe task. In the present task, pictures of facial expressions displaying four different emotions (anger, disgust, happiness, and sadness) were used. **Results**
The results of the hierarchical regression analyses showed that retrospective reports of peer victimization made a significant contribution to the prediction of facilitated orienting processes for sad facial expressions. Experiences of emotional child maltreatment, on the other hand, made a significant contribution to the prediction of attentional biases for angry facial expressions. **Discussion**
Our results emphasize the relevance of experiences of emotional and relational maltreatment in childhood and in adolescence for the processing of social stimuli in adulthood. The findings regarding emotional child maltreatment are more indicative of attentional biases in the context of threat detection, whereas the altered attentional processes in peer victimization are more indicative of mood-congruent biases. These altered processes may be active in social situations and may therefore influence future social situations, behavior, feelings, and thus mental health.
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2023
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Frontiers in Psychology
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14
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1127381
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Blauth K, Iffland B. Attentional bias for sad facial expressions in adults with a history of peer victimization. Frontiers in Psychology. 2023;14: 1127381.
Blauth, K., & Iffland, B. (2023). Attentional bias for sad facial expressions in adults with a history of peer victimization. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1127381. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1127381
Blauth, Klara, and Iffland, Benjamin. 2023. “Attentional bias for sad facial expressions in adults with a history of peer victimization”. Frontiers in Psychology 14: 1127381.
Blauth, K., and Iffland, B. (2023). Attentional bias for sad facial expressions in adults with a history of peer victimization. Frontiers in Psychology 14:1127381.
Blauth, K., & Iffland, B., 2023. Attentional bias for sad facial expressions in adults with a history of peer victimization. Frontiers in Psychology, 14: 1127381.
K. Blauth and B. Iffland, “Attentional bias for sad facial expressions in adults with a history of peer victimization”, Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 14, 2023, : 1127381.
Blauth, K., Iffland, B.: Attentional bias for sad facial expressions in adults with a history of peer victimization. Frontiers in Psychology. 14, : 1127381 (2023).
Blauth, Klara, and Iffland, Benjamin. “Attentional bias for sad facial expressions in adults with a history of peer victimization”. Frontiers in Psychology 14 (2023): 1127381.
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