Self-positivity bias in implicit information processing amongcollege students with depressive traits
10.3969/j.issn.1000-6729.2019.03.013
- VernacularTitle:抑郁特质大学生内隐信息加工中的自我积极偏差
- Author:
Yun CHEN
1
;
Shanming ZHANG
;
Yanzhi MO
;
Bin ZHANG
Author Information
1. 湖南中医药大学人文与管理学院心理系
- Keywords:
depressive-trait;
implicit information processing;
self-positivity bias;
college student
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2019;33(3):227-231
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To explore whether there is self-positivity bias in implicit information processing among college students with depressive traits.Methods:Forty-two college students of the depressive-trait group [Trait Depression Scale (T-DEP) T＞60 and Trait Anxiety Inventory (T-AI) T＜60] and 42 cases of the non-depressive-trait control group [T-DEP and T-AI T＜60] were selected.They performed positive and negative words judgment tasks under self or other primed conditions by adopting the supraliminal attitude-prime paradigm, and the difference in reaction time between the two groups was compared.Result:The interaction effects between primed conditions and emotional words in depressive-trait group were not significant [F (1, 41) =1.56, P=0.218].There was significant interaction effect between primed conditions and emotional words in the control group [F (1, 41) =55.43, P＜0.001], and the reaction time of self-positive words and other-negative words in self-positivity bias was shorter than other-positive words and self-negative words outside the bias [ (602.64±20.03) ms, (654.56±20.41) ms vs. (663.19±20.78) ms, (678.64±20.70) ms, Ps＜0.001].Conclusion:It suggests that there may be no self-positivity bias in the implicit information processing of depressive-trait college students, and non-depressive-trait ones show the implicit self-positivity bias.
