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Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research 5/2015

19-05-2015 | Original Article

Examining the Relationships Among Social Anxiety, Fears of Evaluation, and Interpretation Bias

Auteurs: M. Taylor Dryman, Richard G. Heimberg

Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research | Uitgave 5/2015

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Abstract

Previous research suggests that individuals with high levels of social anxiety (SA) tend to make negative interpretations of ambiguous social situations but fail to make positive interpretations of such situations. These biases have been shown to occur at both faster (more immediate) and slower (more reflective) levels of processing. Fears of evaluation may play a role in the tendency of individuals with SA to exhibit interpretation biases. As an extension of previous research, we examined the unique variance accounted for by fear of negative evaluation (FNE) and fear of positive evaluation (FPE) in the relationship between SA and interpretation biases, using a paradigm that collected both reaction time and self-report data. FPE accounted for significant variance in the relationship between SA and negative interpretation bias at a faster level of processing (reaction time measure). However, neither FNE nor FPE accounted for significant variance in the relationship between SA and negative interpretation bias at a slower level of processing (self-report measure). Our findings suggest that FPE may play an important role in biased interpretations during more immediate processing, whereas SA may be broadly influential for biased interpretations during more reflective processing.
Voetnoten
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Additional issues related to the reaction time and endorsement rate measures of interpretation biases through the WSAP are addressed in the “Discussion” Section.
 
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A full list of the word-sentence pairs used in the modified WSAP is available upon request.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Examining the Relationships Among Social Anxiety, Fears of Evaluation, and Interpretation Bias
Auteurs
M. Taylor Dryman
Richard G. Heimberg
Publicatiedatum
19-05-2015
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Cognitive Therapy and Research / Uitgave 5/2015
Print ISSN: 0147-5916
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2819
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-015-9694-4

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