Open AccessAttentional effects of self-affirmation in response to graphic antismoking images.
Author(s) -
Lilian Kessels,
Peter R. Harris,
Robert A. C. Ruiter,
William M. P. Klein
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.548
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1930-7810
pISSN - 0278-6133
DOI - 10.1037/hea0000366
Subject(s) - psycinfo , psychology , self affirmation , attentional bias , cognition , cognitive psychology , social psychology , developmental psychology , medline , neuroscience , political science , law
Self-affirmation has been shown to reduce defensive responding to threatening information. However, little is known about the cognitive and attentional processes underlying these effects. In the current eye-movement study, the authors explored whether self-affirmation affects attention allocation (i.e., number of fixations) among those for whom a threatening health message is self-relevant.