کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
902323 916150 2008 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The feature-positive effect and hypochondriacal concerns
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی روانپزشکی و بهداشت روانی
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The feature-positive effect and hypochondriacal concerns
چکیده انگلیسی

There is evidence to suggest that people have more problems with processing information that is absent (negative information) than with present (positive) information. This bias of overweighing positive and underweighing negative information has been termed the “feature-positive effect” (FPE). Typically, hypochondriasis is characterized by excessive focusing on bodily complaints (cf. positive information), and at the same time discarding negative medical test results (cf. negative information). It was explored whether the FPE is involved in this pattern. Fifty-three undergraduates completed a measure of hypochondriacal concerns and a general, domain-free test of the FPE. As expected, a positive correlation between the FPE and hypochondriacal concerns was observed. Implications for cognitive-behavioural theory are discussed.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Behaviour Research and Therapy - Volume 46, Issue 2, February 2008, Pages 263–269
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