@article{ref1,
title="Searching for danger: on the link between worry and threat-related confirmation bias in children",
journal="Journal of child and family studies",
year="2014",
author="Muris, Peter and Debipersad, Suradj and Mayer, Birgit",
volume="23",
number="3",
pages="604-609",
abstract="The present study examined the relationship between worry and threat-related confirmation bias in children. Forty non-clinical children aged 10-12 years completed the child version of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire as a cognitive index of anxiety proneness, and then were administered a modified version of the Wason Selection Task to assess verifying and falsifying reasoning strategies in response to conditional danger rules. <br><br>RESULTS demonstrated that children with high levels of worry displayed a stronger tendency towards verification and a weaker inclination towards falsification than children with low levels of worry. This finding indicates that confirmation bias occurs in individuals with a general vulnerability to anxiety, and fits well with current theoretical models in which cognitive distortions are viewed as risk factors predisposing to the development of fear and anxiety problems.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1062-1024",
doi="10.1007/s10826-013-9727-0",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10826-013-9727-0"
}