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Grossheinrich, Nicola, Firk, Christine, Schulte-Ruether, Martin, von Leupoldt, Andreas, Konrad, Kerstin ORCID: 0000-0001-9039-2615 and Huestegge, Lynn (2018). Looking While Unhappy: A Mood-Congruent Attention Bias Toward Sad Adult Faces in Children. Front. Psychol., 9. LAUSANNE: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA. ISSN 1664-1078

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Abstract

A negative mood-congruent attention bias has been consistently observed, for example, in clinical studies on major depression. This bias is assumed to be dysfunctional in that it supports maintaining a sad mood, whereas a potentially adaptive role has largely been neglected. Previous experiments involving sad mood induction techniques found a negative mood-congruent attention bias specifically for young individuals, explained by an adaptive need for information transfer in the service of mood regulation. In the present study we investigated the attentional bias in typically developing children (aged 6-12 years) when happy and sad moods were induced. Crucially, we manipulated the age (adult vs. child) of the displayed pairs of facial expressions depicting sadness, anger, fear and happiness. The results indicate that sad children indeed exhibited a mood specific attention bias toward sad facial expressions. Additionally, this bias was more pronounced for adult faces. Results are discussed in the context of an information gain which should be stronger when looking at adult faces due to their more expansive life experience. These findings bear implications for both research methods and future interventions.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Grossheinrich, Nicola UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Firk, Christine UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schulte-Ruether, Martin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED von Leupoldt, Andreas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Konrad, Kerstin UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-9039-2615 UNSPECIFIED Huestegge, Lynn UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-161893
DOI:	10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02577
Journal or Publication Title:	Front. Psychol.
Volume:	9
Date:	2018
Publisher:	FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
Place of Publication:	LAUSANNE
ISSN:	1664-1078
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language CONSTRUCT ACCESSIBILITY; EMOTIONAL INFORMATION; NEGATIVE INFORMATION; CHARACTER INVENTORY; DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS; FACIAL EXPRESSIONS; YOUNG-ADULTS; ANXIETY; THREAT; TEMPERAMENT Multiple languages Psychology, Multidisciplinary Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/16189