| Parents play an important role in the growth and development of children.Compared to non-left-behind children,left-behind children are in a relatively disadvantaged position due to their parents’ long-term absence.Some studies have found that left-behind children are more likely to suffer and perceive exclusion from others in their daily lives,and being excluded can hinder their basic needs,there by affecting their normal interpersonal interactions.That is to say,social exclusion as a threat the stimulation has had a negative impact on the daily life of left-behind children.In order to avoid being excluded again,left-behind children may be sensitive to information about social exclusion in the environment,which may lead to attention bias.If individuals pay too much attention to threat stimuli,they will affect their rational allocation of attention resources,which in turn affects their subsequent emotional reactions and behavioral performance.Based on this,Study 1 first explored the attention bias of left-behind children towards social exclusion scenarios,and Study2 attempted to improve the attention bias of left-behind children towards social exclusion scenarios through attention bias training on the basis of Study 1,aiming to find solutions to problems based on problem research and provide some reference opinions for parents and educators.Study 1 used the dot probe paradigm to explore the attention bias of left-behind children towards social exclusion scenarios.The results of the study found that(1)non-left-behind children have an accelerated attention orientation towards social acceptance scenarios(p < 0.05),which can quickly attract attention by social acceptance scenarios.Non-left-behind children have an facilitation of attention avoidance and attention disengagement towards social exclusion scenarios(p < 0.05),which means that compared to social exclusion scenarios,non-left-behind children are more likely to quickly attract attention by neutral scenes;(2)Left-behind children have no attention bias towards social acceptance scenarios(p > 0.05),and have attentional detachment difficulties towards social exclusion scenarios(p < 0.05),making it difficult to shift their attention away from social exclusion scenarios.Study 2 used the Attention Bias Modification(ABM)task to train attention bias modification for left-behind children based on Study 1.A total of 10 days of training were conducted to explore whether attention bias modification can effectively improve left-behind children’s attention bias towards social exclusion scenes.The results of the study showed that(1)the control group had attentional detachment difficulties(p <0.05)in the social exclusion scenario during the pretest phase,and after 10 days of training,the control group still had attentional detachment difficulties(p < 0.05)in the social exclusion scenario during the posttest phase;(2)In the pretest stage,the experimental group had difficulty in paying attention to social exclusion scenarios(p <0.05).After 10 days of training,the experimental group had attention avoidance to social exclusion scenarios(p < 0.05),indicating that through ABM training,the attention bias of the experimental group towards social exclusion scenarios has changed,allowing attention to be quickly removed from the social exclusion scenarios.To sum up,non-left-behind children have accelerated attention orientation to social acceptance pictures,and left-behind children have difficulty in paying attention to social exclusion scenarios pictures;Attention bias modification(ABM)can effectively improve left-behind children’s attention-dissociation difficulties of social exclusion,and turn it into attention avoidance.Through research,it can be found that left-behind children have difficulty in attentional detachment from social exclusion scenes,and through attentional bias training,their attentional detachment from images of social exclusion scenes can be turned into attentional avoidance.This indicates that training left-behind children’s attentional bias towards negative stimuli can be changed and has plasticity.Attention bias training can improve individuals’ cognitive control ability and effectively improve their attention bias towards social exclusion scenarios.This can provide a perspective: left-behind children can solve problems through their own efforts-they can respond to exclusion more reasonably through their own efforts,thereby enhancing their confidence and enabling them to solve problems themselves,especially during adolescence,With the continuous development of rational and logical thinking,left-behind children’s perceptual abilities are gradually strengthened,and the problems they face can be improved through appropriate ways.This also reminds us that how to stimulate the advantages of left-behind children themselves to resist the negative effects of negative stimuli may become a focus for parents and educators. |
