No effect of trait anxiety on differential fear conditioning or fear generalization

Torrents-Rodas, David, Fullana, Miquel A., Bonillo, Albert, Caseras, Xavier ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8490-6891, Andión, Oscar and Torrubia, Rafael 2013. No effect of trait anxiety on differential fear conditioning or fear generalization. Biological Psychology 92 (2) , pp. 185-190. 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.10.006

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Abstract

Previous studies have shown that individuals with anxiety disorders exhibit deficits in fear inhibition and excessive generalization of fear, but little data exist on individuals at risk from these disorders. The present study examined the role of trait anxiety in the acquisition and generalization of fear in 126 healthy participants selected on the basis of their trait-anxiety scores. Measures of conditioning included fear-potentiated startle, skin conductance response and online risk ratings for the unconditioned stimulus. Contrary to our hypotheses, trait anxiety did not have any effect either on the acquisition or the generalization of fear. Our results suggest that these fear conditioning processes are not impaired in individuals at risk from anxiety.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG) Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0301-0511
Last Modified:	28 Oct 2022 10:39
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/79128

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