Cognitive Biases in Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia: A Review
Blood-injection-injury (BII) phobia can lead to avoidance of crucial medical procedures and to detrimental health consequences, even among health workers. Yet unlike other specific phobias, BII phobia has been understudied. Specifically, while cognitive biases have been extensively investigated in o...
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| description | Blood-injection-injury (BII) phobia can lead to avoidance of crucial medical procedures and to detrimental health consequences, even among health workers. Yet unlike other specific phobias, BII phobia has been understudied. Specifically, while cognitive biases have been extensively investigated in other anxiety disorders, little is known about the same biases in BII phobia. The current article reviews cognitive biases in BII phobia and suggest future directions for further study and treatment. The reviewed biases include attention, expectancy, memory, perception, and interpretation biases. The investigation of these biases is highly relevant, as cognitive biases have been found to interact with anxiety symptoms. Results showed that attention, expectancy, and memory biases are involved in BII phobia, while no studies were found on interpretation nor perception biases. Mixed results were found for attention bias, as different studies found different components of attention bias, while others found no attention bias at all. Similarly, some studies found a-priori/a-posteriori expectancy biases, while other studies found only one type of bias. A better understanding of the cognitive particularities of BII phobia may lead to better treatments and ultimately reduce avoidance of needles and blood-related situations, thereby enabling individuals with BII phobia to undergo potentially life-saving medical procedures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-928cba12692841458c9de911b7ab136b2022-12-21T18:32:38ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402021-07-011210.3389/fpsyt.2021.678891678891Cognitive Biases in Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia: A ReviewElinor Abado0Elinor Abado1Tatjana Aue2Hadas Okon-Singer3Hadas Okon-Singer4School of Psychological Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, IsraelThe Integrated Brain and Behavior Research Center, University of Haifa, Haifa, IsraelDepartment of Psychology, University of Bern, Bern, SwitzerlandSchool of Psychological Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, IsraelThe Integrated Brain and Behavior Research Center, University of Haifa, Haifa, IsraelBlood-injection-injury (BII) phobia can lead to avoidance of crucial medical procedures and to detrimental health consequences, even among health workers. Yet unlike other specific phobias, BII phobia has been understudied. Specifically, while cognitive biases have been extensively investigated in other anxiety disorders, little is known about the same biases in BII phobia. The current article reviews cognitive biases in BII phobia and suggest future directions for further study and treatment. The reviewed biases include attention, expectancy, memory, perception, and interpretation biases. The investigation of these biases is highly relevant, as cognitive biases have been found to interact with anxiety symptoms. Results showed that attention, expectancy, and memory biases are involved in BII phobia, while no studies were found on interpretation nor perception biases. Mixed results were found for attention bias, as different studies found different components of attention bias, while others found no attention bias at all. Similarly, some studies found a-priori/a-posteriori expectancy biases, while other studies found only one type of bias. A better understanding of the cognitive particularities of BII phobia may lead to better treatments and ultimately reduce avoidance of needles and blood-related situations, thereby enabling individuals with BII phobia to undergo potentially life-saving medical procedures.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.678891/fullcognitionbiasreviewanxiety disordersspecific phobiablood injection injury phobia |
| spellingShingle | Elinor Abado Elinor Abado Tatjana Aue Hadas Okon-Singer Hadas Okon-Singer Cognitive Biases in Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia: A Review Frontiers in Psychiatry cognition bias review anxiety disorders specific phobia blood injection injury phobia |
| title | Cognitive Biases in Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia: A Review |
| title_full | Cognitive Biases in Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia: A Review |
| title_fullStr | Cognitive Biases in Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia: A Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cognitive Biases in Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia: A Review |
| title_short | Cognitive Biases in Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia: A Review |
| title_sort | cognitive biases in blood injection injury phobia a review |
| topic | cognition bias review anxiety disorders specific phobia blood injection injury phobia |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.678891/full |
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