Assessing distress tolerance using a modified version of the Emotional Image Tolerance task

The Emotional Image Tolerance (EIT) task assesses tolerance of negative emotion induced by negatively valenced images. We made several minor modifications to the task (Study 1) and adapted the task to include positive and neutral images in order to assess whether individuals respond to the valence o...

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Main Authors: Slabbert, A., Hasking, Penelope, Notebaert, L., Boyes, Mark
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD 2021
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Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1173043
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91328
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author Slabbert, A.
Hasking, Penelope
Notebaert, L.
Boyes, Mark
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Boyes, Mark
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description The Emotional Image Tolerance (EIT) task assesses tolerance of negative emotion induced by negatively valenced images. We made several minor modifications to the task (Study 1) and adapted the task to include positive and neutral images in order to assess whether individuals respond to the valence or the intensity of the image content (Study 2). In both studies, we assessed subjective distress, gender differences in task responses, and associations between behavioral and self-reported distress tolerance, and related constructs. Across both studies, the EIT successfully induced distress and gender differences were observed, with females generally indicating more distress than males. In Study 2, responses on the adapted EIT task were correlated with self-reported distress tolerance, rumination, and emotion reactivity. The EIT successfully induces distress and the correlations in Study 2 provide promising evidence of validity.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-913282023-04-19T07:12:15Z Assessing distress tolerance using a modified version of the Emotional Image Tolerance task Slabbert, A. Hasking, Penelope Notebaert, L. Boyes, Mark Social Sciences Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Psychology, Clinical Psychiatry Psychology Behavior distress tolerance emotion gender measurement ANXIETY STRESS SCALES GENDER-DIFFERENCES SELF-REPORT DEPRESSION PERSONALITY VALIDATION DISORDERS PREDICTOR The Emotional Image Tolerance (EIT) task assesses tolerance of negative emotion induced by negatively valenced images. We made several minor modifications to the task (Study 1) and adapted the task to include positive and neutral images in order to assess whether individuals respond to the valence or the intensity of the image content (Study 2). In both studies, we assessed subjective distress, gender differences in task responses, and associations between behavioral and self-reported distress tolerance, and related constructs. Across both studies, the EIT successfully induced distress and gender differences were observed, with females generally indicating more distress than males. In Study 2, responses on the adapted EIT task were correlated with self-reported distress tolerance, rumination, and emotion reactivity. The EIT successfully induces distress and the correlations in Study 2 provide promising evidence of validity. 2021 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91328 10.1177/20438087211007597 English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1173043 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD fulltext
spellingShingle Social Sciences
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Psychology, Clinical
Psychiatry
Psychology
Behavior
distress tolerance
emotion
gender
measurement
ANXIETY STRESS SCALES
GENDER-DIFFERENCES
SELF-REPORT
DEPRESSION
PERSONALITY
VALIDATION
DISORDERS
PREDICTOR
Slabbert, A.
Hasking, Penelope
Notebaert, L.
Boyes, Mark
Assessing distress tolerance using a modified version of the Emotional Image Tolerance task
title Assessing distress tolerance using a modified version of the Emotional Image Tolerance task
title_full Assessing distress tolerance using a modified version of the Emotional Image Tolerance task
title_fullStr Assessing distress tolerance using a modified version of the Emotional Image Tolerance task
title_full_unstemmed Assessing distress tolerance using a modified version of the Emotional Image Tolerance task
title_short Assessing distress tolerance using a modified version of the Emotional Image Tolerance task
title_sort assessing distress tolerance using a modified version of the emotional image tolerance task
topic Social Sciences
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Psychology, Clinical
Psychiatry
Psychology
Behavior
distress tolerance
emotion
gender
measurement
ANXIETY STRESS SCALES
GENDER-DIFFERENCES
SELF-REPORT
DEPRESSION
PERSONALITY
VALIDATION
DISORDERS
PREDICTOR
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1173043
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91328