楽観 – 悲観性と注意バイアス

——修正版gap-overlap taskを用いて

抄録

This study examined the relationship between cognitive strategies in pessimists compared to optimists and attention bias by using a gap-overlap task with achievement-related words. The 32 college student participants were divided into two groups: pessimists (n=15) and optimists (n=17). Results of a 2 (pessimists, optimists) ×3 (negative, neutral, positive) mixed ANOVA revealed a significant interaction between groups and stimuli types, and a simple main effect of increased reaction times to positive words for optimists. These findings suggest that optimists have difficulty disengaging from positive achievement-related words.