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Health-related Information Processing and Recent Health Problems

Evidence from a Modified Stroop Task

Evangelos C. Karademas

University of Crete, Greece, karademas{at}psy.soc.voc.gr

Georgios D. Sideridis

University of Crete, Greece

Konstantinos Kafetsios

University of Crete, Greece

Our purpose was to assess the relationship between health status and health-related information processing. We expected that persons who report a recent health problem would show greater bias towards relevant stimuli. Participants comprised two groups: the experimental with 25 students who recently had to interrupt usual activities because of their health, and a comparison group of 25 healthy students matched for demographics, health habits and current health. Using an emotional Stroop task, the experimental group demonstrated enhanced interference effects for illness and health-related versus general threat and neutral words. Satisfaction with life impacted the processing of health and illness-related stimuli.

Key Words: health cognitions • health information processing • health problems • Stroop task

Journal of Health Psychology, Vol. 13, No. 1, 28-38 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1359105307084309
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