Attentional Bias Toward Forest Fires-Related Stimuli Among Firefighters and General Population

• Autor(a) principal: Rodrigues, F.
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Bártolo, A., Santos, I., Pereira, A., Silva, C.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/34587

Firefighters are first responders in emergencies, being repeatedly exposed to traumatic events and extreme conditions, much more so than the general population (Berger et al., 2012; Meda et al., 2012). There seems to be a relationship between emotions, cognitions and trauma, with critical incidents inducing more traumatic symptoms (Hayes et al., 2012; Pinto et al., 2015). Emotional reactions are organized by motivational systems – namely appetitive and defensive – that engage processes facilitating attention allocation to specific cues (Bradley et al., 2001; Lang & Bradley, 2013). Attentional bias is the phenomenon of hyper-attention to stimuli with ....