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01-02-2012 | Original Article

Does Rumination Predict the Strength of Maladaptive Self-Beliefs Characteristic of Social Anxiety Over Time?

Auteurs: Quincy J. J. Wong, Michelle L. Moulds

Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research | Uitgave 1/2012

Abstract

Two important components of the Clark and Wells (in Social phobia: diagnosis, assessment, and treatment. Guilford, New York, pp 69–93, 1995) model of social phobia are ruminative processing and maladaptive self-beliefs (high standard, conditional and unconditional beliefs). In a longitudinal design, we hypothesised that rumination at Time 1 would be positively associated with the strength of each of the belief types at Time 2 (while controlling for depression, general anxiety, social anxiety and strength of belief types at Time 1). For our sample of undergraduates (N = 180), the average time between Time 1 and Time 2 was 8.84 days. Contrary to predictions, rumination at Time 1 was not uniquely related to the high standard beliefs at Time 2. Consistent with predictions, higher levels of rumination at Time 1 uniquely predicted stronger conditional and unconditional beliefs at Time 2. These results highlight the link between ruminative processing and specific maladaptive self-beliefs, and suggest that treatments of social phobia need to explicitly target rumination.

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An analysis of variance (ANOVA) was conducted to see whether there were any differences on Time 1 measures (FNE, SPS, SIAS, DASS, SBSA, RTQ) between the group of participants that were included in the final sample (i.e., completed Time 1 and Time 2 measures) and the group of participants that were excluded from the final sample (i.e., only completed Time 1 measures). There were no differences between these two groups on Time 1 measures (all ps > .05), suggesting that the excluded group did not differ from the final sample of participants. Hence, the exclusion of participants that did not complete the Time 2 measure is unlikely to have biased the final sample.

In the sample, 117 participants had 1 week between administrations of the SBSA, 56 participants had between 1 and 3 weeks between administrations of the SBSA, and seven participants had between 3 and 4 weeks between administrations of the SBSA. Difference scores (Time 2 minus Time 1) were computed for each of the maladaptive self-belief types. There were no significant differences between these three groups in terms of change in high standard beliefs, conditional beliefs and unconditional beliefs from Time 1 to Time 2 (all ps > .05). In addition, there were no differences between these groups on Time 1 variables (all ps > .05). Hence, it appears appropriate to combine all these participants into one group (N = 180) for analyses, despite varying lengths of time between SBSA administrations.

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Titel: Does Rumination Predict the Strength of Maladaptive Self-Beliefs Characteristic of Social Anxiety Over Time?
Auteurs: Quincy J. J. Wong
Michelle L. Moulds
Publicatiedatum: 01-02-2012
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research / Uitgave 1/2012
Print ISSN: 0147-5916
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2819
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-010-9316-0

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