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Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research 4/2011

01-08-2011 | Brief Report

A Behavioral Index of Imagery Ability in Social Anxiety

Auteurs: Amanda S. Morrison, Nader Amir, Charles T. Taylor

Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research | Uitgave 4/2011

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Abstract

Individuals with social anxiety often report recurrent, distorted, negative images of themselves. However, previous research has relied exclusively on self-report methods that assess the content of these images rather than the underlying processes involved in image generation. Therefore, we used a validated behavioral measure to examine image generation ability in individuals with social anxiety and non-anxious controls (NACs). Participants first studied and became familiar with a set of uppercase block letters set in grids. Then participants saw a lowercase letter followed by an empty grid with a single X mark in one of the cells. Participants visualized the corresponding block letter in the grid and decided whether it would have covered the X if it were physically present. Image generation is revealed by longer response latencies for probes located on “late” relative to “early” segments of the letters. Socially anxious individuals showed slower responding to late versus early probe locations compared to the NACs, suggesting that individuals with social anxiety experience a disadvantage in generating images of neutral stimuli.
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Metagegevens
Titel
A Behavioral Index of Imagery Ability in Social Anxiety
Auteurs
Amanda S. Morrison
Nader Amir
Charles T. Taylor
Publicatiedatum
01-08-2011
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Cognitive Therapy and Research / Uitgave 4/2011
Print ISSN: 0147-5916
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2819
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-009-9274-6

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