To what extent does distress influence attentional bias towards negative and positive emotions?

By Maciej Nodzyński

Scientific Essay from the year 2021 in the subject Psychology - Cognition, grade: A, language: English, abstract: To what extent does distress influence attentional bias towards negative and positive emotions? This paper is divided into two main sections. The first part talks about the attentional bias under conditions of distress towards negative emotion, whereas the second one towards positive emotion. Every part consists of pieces of literature that confront each other so the research is more objective and transparent. Besides that, general theory as well as key terms are explained. The paper concludes that there is a considerable impact of distress on attentional bias, especially towards negative emotional material, however, more research into the concept of positive emotion is recommended.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3346470997
• ISBN13: 9783346470997
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Length: 22 Pages
• Weight: 0.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"