Self-esteem moderates affective reactions to briefly presented emotional faces

Richter, Anne; Ridout, Nathan

doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2011.02.008

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“…A possible interpretation for this phenomenon was that the gaming addicts could not protect their self-concept from negative information, indicating a deficit in self-protective function in IGD. In addition, many studies have demonstrated that individuals with low self-esteem are particularly sensitive to negatively valenced information and devote more attentional resources to negative stimuli [55,56]. With this in mind, our current findings may also suggest that the individuals with IGD were oversensitive to negative self-related information and could not avoid negative self-evaluation, providing further evidence for the impaired self-protective ability in IGD.…”

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Attenuated self-serving bias in people with internet gaming disorder is related to altered neural activity in subcortical-cortical midline structures

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Background To protect and maintain the positivity of self-concept, normal people usually show a self-serving bias (internal attribution of positive events and external attribution of negative events) by the motives of self-enhancement and self-protection. Additionally, self-serving assessments predominantly activate the subcortical-cortical midline structures (CMS) in healthy individuals. However, little is known about self-serving bias and its underlying neural correlates among individuals with Internet gaming disorder (IGD). Methods Twenty-four participants with IGD and 25 recreational Internet gaming users (RGUs) were scanned while attributing the causes of positive/negative self- and other-related events that could occur in both the game-world and real-world contexts. Region-of-interest (within CMS regions) and parametric analysis were performed to investigate the neural correlates of self-serving bias in IGD. Results Behaviorally, the IGD participants attributed more negative and fewer positive events to themselves than RGU participants in both contexts. Neurally, during the attributions of negative events, the IGD participants exhibited increased ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) activation in both contexts compared with RGU participants. Higher vmPFC activation was associated with weaker self-protective motivation in the IGD group. Meanwhile, during the attributions of positive events, the IGD participants exhibited decreased precuneus/posterior cingulate cortex activation in the real world compared with RGU participants. Parametric analysis showed a reduced positive correlation between precuneus activation and self-attribution ratings of positive events in the real world in the IGD group relative to the RGU group. Conclusion These results suggest that individuals with IGD show an attenuated self-serving bias and altered brain activity within CMS regions involved in self-attribution, providing evidence for the negative self-concept and weakened abilities in both self-enhancement and self-protection in IGD.

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confidence: 58%

Attenuated self-serving bias in people with internet gaming disorder is related to altered neural activity in subcortical-cortical midline structures

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“…A possible interpretation for this phenomenon was that the gaming addicts could not protect their selfconcept from negative information, indicating a de cit in self-protective function in IGD. In addition, many studies have demonstrated that individuals with low self-esteem are particularly sensitive to negatively valenced information and devote more attentional resources to negative stimuli (55,56). With this in mind, our current ndings may also suggest that the individuals with IGD were oversensitive to negative self-related information and could not avoid negative self-evaluation, providing further evidence for the impaired self-protective ability in IGD.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 55%

Attenuated Self-serving Bias in People with Internet Gaming Disorder is Related to Altered Neural Activity in Subcortical-Cortical Midline Structures

Wang

Zheng

Wang³

et al. 2020

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Background: To protect and maintain the positivity of self-concept, normal people usually show a self-serving bias (internal attribution of positive events and external attribution of negative events) by the motives of self-enhancement and self-protection. Additionally, self-serving assessments predominantly activate the subcortical-cortical midline structures (CMS) in healthy individuals. However, little is known about self-serving bias and its underlying neural correlates among individuals with Internet gaming disorder (IGD). Methods: Twenty-four participants with IGD and 25 recreational Internet gaming users (RGUs) were scanned while attributing the causes of positive/negative self- and other-related events that could occur in both the game-world and real-world contexts. Region-of-interest (within CMS regions) and parametric analysis were performed to investigate the neural correlates of self-serving bias in IGD. Results: Behaviorally, the IGD participants attributed more negative and fewer positive events to themselves than RGU participants in both contexts. Neurally, during the attributions of negative events, the IGD participants exhibited increased ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) activation in both contexts compared with RGU participants. Higher vmPFC activation was associated with weaker self-protective motivation in the IGD group. Meanwhile, during the attributions of positive events, the IGD participants exhibited decreased precuneus/posterior cingulate cortex activation in the real world compared with RGU participants. Parametric analysis showed a reduced positive correlation between precuneus activation and self-attribution ratings of positive events in the real world in the IGD group relative to the RGU group. Conclusion: These results suggest that individuals with IGD show an attenuated self-serving bias and altered brain activity within CMS regions involved in self-attribution, providing evidence for the negative self-concept and weakened abilities in both self-enhancement and self-protection in IGD.

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“…A possible interpretation for this phenomenon was that the gaming addicts could not protect their self-concept from negative information, which indicated a de cit in self-protective function in IGD. In addition, many studies have demonstrated that people with low self-esteem are particularly sensitive to negatively valenced information and devote more attentional resources to negative stimuli (51,52). With this in mind, our current ndings may also suggest that the people with IGD were oversensitive to negative self-related information and could not able to avoid negative self-evaluation, providing further evidence for the impaired self-protective ability in IGD.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 53%

Attenuated Self-serving Bias in People with Internet Gaming Disorder is Related to Altered Neural Activity in Subcortical-Cortical Midline Structures

Wang

Zheng

Wang³

et al. 2020

Preprint

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Background To protect and maintain the positivity of self-concept, normal people usually show a self-serving bias (internal attribution of positive events and external attribution of negative events) by the motives of self-enhancement and self-protection. And self-serving assessments predominantly activate the subcortical-cortical midline structures (CMS) in healthy individuals. However, little is known about the self-serving bias and its underlying neural correlates among people with Internet gaming disorder (IGD). Methods Twenty-four IGD and 25 recreational internet gaming users (RGU) were scanned while attributing causes of positive/negative self- and other-related events that could happen in both game world and real world contexts. Regions of interest (within CMS) analysis and parametric analysis were performed to investigate the neural correlates of self-serving bias in IGD. Results Behaviorally, the IGD participants attributed more negative and less positive events to themselves than RGU in both contexts. Neurally, during attributions of negative events, the IGD participants exhibited increased ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) activation in both contexts compared to RGU. Higher vmPFC activation was associated with weaker self-protective motivation in IGD group. Meanwhile, during attributions of positive events, the IGD participants exhibited decreased precuneus/posterior cingulate cortex activation in real world compared to RGU. Parametric analysis showed reduced positive correlation between precuneus activation and self-attribution ratings of positive events in real world in IGD group relative to RGU group. Conclusion These results suggest that the IGD individuals show an attenuated self-serving bias and altered activations within CMS regions involved in self-attribution, providing evidence for the negative self-concept and weakened abilities in both self-enhancement and self-protection in IGD.

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Self-esteem moderates affective reactions to briefly presented emotional faces

Cited by 16 publications

References 20 publications

Attenuated self-serving bias in people with internet gaming disorder is related to altered neural activity in subcortical-cortical midline structures

Attenuated self-serving bias in people with internet gaming disorder is related to altered neural activity in subcortical-cortical midline structures

Attenuated Self-serving Bias in People with Internet Gaming Disorder is Related to Altered Neural Activity in Subcortical-Cortical Midline Structures

Attenuated Self-serving Bias in People with Internet Gaming Disorder is Related to Altered Neural Activity in Subcortical-Cortical Midline Structures

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