AN INVESTIGATION OF ATTENTION PROCESSES IN CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME: HEALTH-THREAT RELATED ATTENTIONAL BIASES AND ATTENTIONAL CONTROL

TY - JOUR

T1 - AN INVESTIGATION OF ATTENTION PROCESSES IN CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME: HEALTH-THREAT RELATED ATTENTIONAL BIASES AND ATTENTIONAL CONTROL

AU - Hou, R.

AU - Moss-Morris, R.

AU - Risdale, A.

AU - Jeevaratnam, P.

AU - Mogg, K.

AU - Bradley, B.

AU - Peveler, R.

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - Attentional bias is an important psychological mechanism that has been extensively explored within the anxiety literature and more recently in chronic pain. Cognitive behavioural models of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and chronic pain suggest an overlap in the mechanisms of these two conditions. The current study investigated attentional bias towards health-threat stimuli in individuals with CFS, compared to healthy controls. The study also examined whether individuals with CFS have impaired executive attention, and how it was related to attentional bias.

AB - Attentional bias is an important psychological mechanism that has been extensively explored within the anxiety literature and more recently in chronic pain. Cognitive behavioural models of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and chronic pain suggest an overlap in the mechanisms of these two conditions. The current study investigated attentional bias towards health-threat stimuli in individuals with CFS, compared to healthy controls. The study also examined whether individuals with CFS have impaired executive attention, and how it was related to attentional bias.

U2 - 10.1016/S0924-9338(12)74396-1

DO - 10.1016/S0924-9338(12)74396-1

M3 - Article

SN - 0924-9338

VL - 27

SP - N/A

JO - European Psychiatry

JF - European Psychiatry

IS - s1

M1 - P-229

ER -