AUTHOR=Wang Yun , He Yajun , Wang Gaohua , Li Jiangbo , Zhu Haibing 

TITLE=Correlation Analysis Between Attentional Bias and Somatic Symptoms in Depressive Disorders

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychiatry

VOLUME=10

YEAR=2019

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00903

DOI=10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00903

ISSN=1664-0640

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Objective</title><p>To investigate the relationship between attentional bias and the severity of depression as assessed by the <italic>TORAWARE</italic> state and physical symptoms.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>We enrolled 55 patients with depression and 60 healthy people. The Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD-24), Somatic Self-Rating Scale (SSS), and the Chinese version of the Self-Rating Scale for the <italic>TORAWARE</italic> State of Neurosis (SSTN) were selected to assess the severity of psychological symptoms. Dot-probe tasks were used to detect attentional bias. We then analyzed the correlation of attentional bias with the total scores on the symptom scales.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>The negative attentional bias and negative disengaging index scores were both greater than 0 (t = 3.15 and 2.78, respectively; all P &lt; 0.01). The negative attention bias score was positively correlated with the SSTN and negative disengaging index scores (r = 0.29 and 0.53, respectively; all P &lt; 0.05). SSTN score was positively correlated with the total HAMD and SSS scores (r = 0.34 and 0.38, respectively; all P &lt; 0.05).</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>There is no direct correlation between negative attentional bias and depression. It may be through the intermediate mechanism of <italic>TORAWARE</italic> state to influence symptoms.</p></sec>