Reported History of Childhood Abuse and Young Adults’ Information Processing Biases for Facial Displays of Emotion

dc.contributor.authorGibb, B. E., Schofield, C. A., & Coles, M. E.
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-19T15:43:33Z
dc.date.available2014-08-19T15:43:33Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractThe primary goal of this study was to examine the relations between young adults’ reports of childhood abuse and their current attention and interpretation biases for facial displays of emotion. Consistent with prediction, individuals reporting a history of moderate to severe childhood abuse exhibited preferential attention to angry faces and increased sensitivity in the detection of angry expressions at lower levels of emotional intensity. Both the attention and interpretation biases were specific to angry rather than happy or sad faces. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that experiences of childhood abuse may contribute to the development of experience-specific information-processing biases. (Author Abstract)en_US
dc.identifier.citationGibb, B. E., Schofield, C. A., & Coles, M. E. (2008). Reported history of childhood abuse and young adults' information processing biases for facial displays of emotion. Child maltreatment, 14(2), 148-156.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4077288/pdf/nihms-605144.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/1652
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherChild Maltreatmenten_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.subjectlong term effectsen_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.titleReported History of Childhood Abuse and Young Adults’ Information Processing Biases for Facial Displays of Emotionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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