Psychologist develops new tool to measure anxiety levels | Zee News
The Attention Control Capacity for Emotion task will be tested in a clinical setting in England in the coming year.
Last Updated: Oct 10, 2010, 14:08 PM IST
Washington: Scientists have developed a new instrument to help clinicians determine more objectively a patient`s level of anxiety.
"Psychologists are heavily reliant on self-reporting to diagnose a patient`s level of anxiety. This is a big problem.”
"Although self-reporting is important, patients can distort, exaggerate or minimise their condition. And there is no way to tell if they are doing this. The ACCE task can also be used to track the effectiveness of therapies," said Johnson.
In the first phase of the research, 80 students recruited from W&L and neighbouring Virginia Military Institute looked at a series of images on a computer.
Their reaction time was based on how quickly the subjects clicked a mouse button to indicate that their attention had shifted from the first image to the second. Johnson can use a comparison of these reaction times to help determine an individual’s current level of anxiety or depression.
"At this point I’m using the normal population to develop this instrument. There is tremendous variation in peoples`` ability to keep their emotions in check, and this instrument can help us capture people who are effective at doing so and those who aren’t so effective," he said.
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Psychologist develops new tool to measure anxiety levels | Zee News
The Attention Control Capacity for Emotion task will be tested in a clinical setting in England in the coming year.
Last Updated: Oct 10, 2010, 14:08 PM IST
Washington: Scientists have developed a new instrument to help clinicians determine more objectively a patient`s level of anxiety.
"Psychologists are heavily reliant on self-reporting to diagnose a patient`s level of anxiety. This is a big problem.”
"Although self-reporting is important, patients can distort, exaggerate or minimise their condition. And there is no way to tell if they are doing this. The ACCE task can also be used to track the effectiveness of therapies," said Johnson.
In the first phase of the research, 80 students recruited from W&L and neighbouring Virginia Military Institute looked at a series of images on a computer.
Their reaction time was based on how quickly the subjects clicked a mouse button to indicate that their attention had shifted from the first image to the second. Johnson can use a comparison of these reaction times to help determine an individual’s current level of anxiety or depression.
"At this point I’m using the normal population to develop this instrument. There is tremendous variation in peoples`` ability to keep their emotions in check, and this instrument can help us capture people who are effective at doing so and those who aren’t so effective," he said.
Psychologistnew toolAnxiety levels
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