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NEGATIVITY BIAS MAY INDICATE A GENERAL VULNERABILITY TO EMOTIONAL DISORDERS IN ADOLESCENTS

Ana Maria Popescu, Adriana Baban

First published: 2014https://doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2014/B11/S1.034View metrics

Abstract

At least in the adult population, it is well known that certain cognitive styles constitute vulnerability factors for specific emotional disorders. A preference asymmetry towards negative stimuli is common to both mood and anxiety disorders. For the purpose of understanding how this pervasive asymmetry towards negative features of stimuli influences emotional development the most promising area to examine is how emotions develop typically or become problematic during adolescence according to cognitive particularities. The aim of our study is to investigate the negativity bias displayed by adolescents in relation to their cognitive style and emotional vulnerabilities. In order to investigate the negative bias during adolescence we used self-report and performance based measures. Adolescents (N=74) played a computer game designed to assess their ability to learn positive and negative novel stimuli and to generalize learned information to other similar stimuli and completed self-report behavioral measures (YSR - ASEBA, Achenbach, 2001). Displaying a bias towards negativity was better associated with internalizing problems but in the present study the difference between the internalizing and externalizing group was not significant. Although further research is needed, both theoretical and practical implications with regard to emotional vulnerability during development are discussed.

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Title
NEGATIVITY BIAS MAY INDICATE A GENERAL VULNERABILITY TO EMOTIONAL DISORDERS IN ADOLESCENTS
Authors
Ana Maria Popescu, Adriana Baban
Proceedings
Proceedings of 1st International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts SGEM2014
Publisher
STEF92 Technology
Year
2014
Pages
257-262
SWS Citekey
Popescu20146257262
ISSN
2367-5659
ISBN
978-619-7105-22-3
Language
en
Publication type
Proceedings Paper
Keywords
negativity biasinternalizing behaviorsemotional vulnerabilityadolescence
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