Attentional biases towards emotional information in chronic pain: A multilevel meta-analysis of eye-tracking studies

IF 2.7 4区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL Acta Psychologica Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI:10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104555

Elena Robles , Inés Nieto , Juan Francisco Navas , Carmelo Vázquez

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Abstract

Objective

This meta-analysis reviewed the existing literature on attentional biases towards emotional stimuli measured with eye-tracking methodologies in individuals with chronic pain.

Method

Eighteen relevant studies (n = 1331 participants) were identified through three electronic databases: PubMed, PsycInfo, and Scopus. A multilevel random-effects meta-analysis was conducted by using the standardized mean difference between gaze variables for emotional and neutral stimuli with Hedge's correction as the effect size (ES).

Results

Between-group analyses revealed that healthy individuals make longer first fixation towards neutral stimuli compared to chronic pain patients. Within-group analyses showed that, compared to the healthy control group, the chronic pain group had more first fixations towards pain-related stimuli than to neutral ones and had shorter fixation duration towards anger-related stimuli than to neutral stimuli. A moderation effect of paradigm and type of stimuli was also found.

Conclusions

This is the first meta-analysis exploring attentional biases not only towards pain-related stimuli, but also towards other emotional information. Our findings revealed that chronic pain individuals tend to focus their attention firstly on pain-related information in comparison to healthy individuals. Furthermore, chronic pain individuals maintain their attention on anger-related stimuli less than on neutral ones.

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慢性疼痛患者对情绪信息的注意偏差：眼动追踪研究的多层次荟萃分析

目的本荟萃分析回顾了现有文献中有关通过眼动追踪方法测量慢性疼痛患者对情绪刺激的注意偏差的内容。方法通过三个电子数据库确定了 18 项相关研究（n = 1331 名参与者）：PubMed、PsycInfo 和 Scopus。结果组间分析显示，与慢性疼痛患者相比，健康人对中性刺激的首次凝视时间更长。组内分析表明，与健康对照组相比，慢性疼痛组对疼痛相关刺激的首次定着时间多于中性刺激，对愤怒相关刺激的定着时间短于中性刺激。研究还发现了范式和刺激类型的调节效应。结论这是首次荟萃分析，不仅探讨了对疼痛相关刺激的注意偏差，还探讨了对其他情绪信息的注意偏差。我们的研究结果表明，与健康人相比，慢性疼痛患者往往首先将注意力集中在与疼痛相关的信息上。此外，与中性刺激相比，慢性疼痛患者对愤怒相关刺激的注意力维持时间更短。

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Acta Psychologica PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL-

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3.00

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5.60%

发文量

274

审稿时长

36 weeks

期刊介绍： Acta Psychologica publishes original articles and extended reviews on selected books in any area of experimental psychology. The focus of the Journal is on empirical studies and evaluative review articles that increase the theoretical understanding of human capabilities.