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Influence of Sad Mood and Old Age Schema on Older Adults' Attention to Physical Symptoms

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  • Cecilia Y. M. Poon
  • Bob G. Knight

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We examined how mood and activation of old age schema influenced attentional focus on physical symptoms in older adults. Seventy-one individuals aged 60 years or above participated in an experiment that manipulated mood and old age schema. They completed a modified Stroop task that measured attentional bias to physical symptoms. Controlling for baseline processing speed, the two variables had significant main and interaction effects on attentional focus on symptoms. Sad mood and old age schema independently minimized the bias to avoid attending to symptoms. When combined, these two variables contributed to greater attentional focus on symptoms. These findings highlight psychological influences on current attention to symptoms. Copyright 2009, Oxford University Press.

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  • Cecilia Y. M. Poon & Bob G. Knight, 2009. "Influence of Sad Mood and Old Age Schema on Older Adults' Attention to Physical Symptoms," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 64(1), pages 41-44.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:geronb:v:64b:y:2009:i:1:p:41-44
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