Anxiety-linked expectancy bias across the adult lifespan.

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  • Author(s): Steinman SA;Steinman SA; Smyth FL; Bucks RS; Macleod C; Teachman BA
  • Source:
    Cognition & emotion [Cogn Emot] 2013; Vol. 27 (2), pp. 345-55. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Aug 06.
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Routledge Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 8710375 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1464-0600 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 02699931 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Cogn Emot Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: 2013- : London : Routledge
      Original Publication: Hove, UK ; Hillsdale, USA : L. Erlbaum Associates, [c1987-
    • Subject Terms:
      Emotions* ; Forecasting*; Aging/*psychology ; Anxiety/*psychology; Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
    • Abstract:
      Anxiety is characterised by a negative expectancy bias, such that anxious individuals report negatively distorted expectations about the future. Contrary to anxiety, ageing is characterised by a positivity effect, such that ageing is associated with a tendency to attend to and remember positive information, relative to negative information. The current study integrates these literatures to examine anxiety- and age-linked biases when thinking about the future. Participants (N=1,109) completed a procedure that involved reading valenced scenarios (positive, negative, or ambiguous) and then rating the likelihood of future valenced events occurring. Results suggest that ageing and anxiety have independent and opposing effects. Heightened anxiety was associated with a reduced expectancy for positive events, regardless of the scenarios' current emotional valence, whereas increased age was associated with an inflated expectancy for positive events, which was strongest when individuals were processing socially relevant or negative scenarios.
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    • Grant Information:
      R01 AG033033 United States AG NIA NIH HHS; R01AG033033 United States AG NIA NIH HHS
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20120807 Date Completed: 20140130 Latest Revision: 20211021
    • Publication Date:
      20240829
    • Accession Number:
      PMC3563758
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/02699931.2012.711743
    • Accession Number:
      22861128