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Moderator Role of Looming Cognitive Style (LCS) in the Relationship Between Attentional Control and Anxiety: Difference Between Shifting and Focusing Dimensions

dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Psychology
dc.contributor.kuauthorAtalay, Ayşe Altan
dc.contributor.schoolcollegeinstituteCollege of Social Sciences and Humanities
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-09T23:11:21Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractAttentional control (AC) that is composed of shifting and focusing dimensions had been suggested as a transdiagnostic risk factor, associated with development and maintenance of various psychological disorders. In comparison, Looming Cognitive Style (LCS) had been documented as a trait-based, disorders-specific characteristic that is linked to high levels of subjectively felt anxiety. The present study investigated whether individual differences in LCS moderated the association of shifting and focusing with anxiety. Participants were 402 individuals between ages 18 and 68 recruited through advertisements posted on various forums, e-mail groups, and social media websites. They filled out questionnaires assessing AC, LCS, anxiety, and depression online. Results of the moderation analyses indicated that at high levels of LCS, low attentional shifting ability was associated with more intense anxiety. A similar relationship with LCS was not observed for focusing. In conclusion, for individuals who have high LCS and low shifting ability, content of and distress coming from looming images is experienced in a more intense manner due to difficulty in shifting to another (perhaps less anxiety provoking) content more flexibly. The findings are providing support for the interactive-synergistic perspective, indicating that deficits in shifting capacity may potentiate negative impact of looming cognitions.
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dc.description.indexedbyScopus
dc.description.indexedbyPubMed
dc.description.issue7
dc.description.openaccessNO
dc.description.publisherscopeInternational
dc.description.sponsoredbyTubitakEuN/A
dc.description.volume152
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00223980.2018.1466775
dc.identifier.eissn1940-1019
dc.identifier.issn0022-3980
dc.identifier.quartileQ2
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85056084122
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2018.1466775
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14288/9629
dc.identifier.wos452019700002
dc.keywordsAnxiety
dc.keywordsAttentional control
dc.keywordsFocusing
dc.keywordsLooming cognitive style
dc.keywordsShifting maladaptive style
dc.keywordsDisorder symptoms
dc.keywordsStress scales
dc.keywordsVulnerability
dc.keywordsDepression
dc.keywordsRumination
dc.keywordsBiases
dc.keywordsDisengagement
dc.keywordsSpecificity
dc.keywordsSensitivity
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Psychology
dc.subjectPsychology
dc.subjectMultidisciplinary
dc.titleModerator Role of Looming Cognitive Style (LCS) in the Relationship Between Attentional Control and Anxiety: Difference Between Shifting and Focusing Dimensions
dc.typeJournal Article
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