Evidence for retarded extinction of aversive learning in anxious children
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Article Title | Evidence for retarded extinction of aversive learning in anxious children |
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ERA Journal ID | 6142 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Liberman, Lisa C. (Author), Lipp, Ottmar V. (Author), Spence, Susan H. (Author) and March, Sonja (Author) |
Journal Title | Behaviour Research and Therapy |
Journal Citation | 44 (10), pp. 1491-1502 |
Number of Pages | 12 |
Year | 2006 |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0005-7967 |
1873-622X | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2005.11.004 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005796705002317?via%3Dihub |
Abstract | The habituation to intense acoustic stimuli and the acquisition of differentially conditioned fear were assessed in 53 clinically anxious and 30 non-anxious control children and young adolescents. Anxious children tended to show larger electrodermal responses during habituation, but did not differ in blink startle latency or magnitude. After acquisition training, non-anxious children rated the CS+ as more fear provoking and arousing than the CS- whereas the ratings of anxious children did not differ. However, anxious children rated the CS+ as more fear provoking after extinction, a difference that was absent in non-anxious children. During extinction training, anxious children displayed larger blink magnitude facilitation during CS+ and a trend towards larger electrodermal responses, a tendency not seen in non-anxious children. These data suggest that extinction of fear learning is retarded in anxious children. |
Keywords | fear learning; child anxiety; electrodermal responses; blink startle |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 520399. Clinical and health psychology not elsewhere classified |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | University of Queensland |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Funding source | Australian Research Council (ARC) Grant ID A10027227 |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q492y/evidence-for-retarded-extinction-of-aversive-learning-in-anxious-children
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