Evidence for a cognitive bias of interpretation toward threat in individuals with a Type D personality

Delphine Grynberg; Yori Gidron; Johan Denollet; Olivier Luminet

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Evidence for a cognitive bias of interpretation toward threat in individuals with a Type D personality

Delphine Grynberg, Yori Gidron, Johan Denollet, Olivier Luminet

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Biological and behavioral mediators link Type D personality with a poor prognosis in heart disease. However, the mediator role of cognitive biases is still unknown. This study tested whether Type D individuals exhibit an interpretative bias for ambiguous social situations. For this aim we examined Type D and non-Type D individuals' evaluations of written social situations that varied in terms of situations' clarity (clear, ambiguous) and social judgment (neutral, negative). A convenience sample of 42 young, healthy adults rated each situation in relation to the difficulty of formulating a verbal response, anticipated distress, and perceived threat, and they completed the Type D personality scale (DS14; Denollet, 2005). Results showed an interpretation bias among Type D individuals, as they rated ambiguous or neutral situations as significantly more distressing compared to non-Type D individuals. Only clearly negative situations were rated similarly by Type D and non-Type D individuals. The discussion suggests that this interpretation bias in Type D individuals would increase their vulnerability to perceived stress.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	95-102
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Behavioral Medicine
Volume	35
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-011-9351-7
State	Published - Jan 2012
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This study was supported by grants 1.1.233.09 from the Belgian National Funds for Scientific Research (FNRS-FRS) to Delphine Grynberg (Research Fellow). This study was supported by grants 1.5.175.06 and 1.5.148.10 from the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research granted to Olivier Luminet (Senior Research associate). This research was also supported by a Joined Research Grant (ARC 06/11-337) from the Belgian French Community to Olivier Luminet, and by a VICI grant (#453-04-004) from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research to Johan Denollet. We thank Betty Chang for her help in improving the manuscript.

Keywords

Ambiguity
Interpretation Bias
Social Judgment
Threat
Type D personality

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General Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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