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Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research 3/2010

01-06-2010 | Brief Report

Negative Interpretation Bias Mediates the Effect of Social Anxiety on State Anxiety

Auteurs: Courtney Beard, Nader Amir

Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research | Uitgave 3/2010

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Abstract

Cognitive models of social anxiety predict that interpretation bias mediates the relationship between level of social anxiety and state anxiety in response to social-evaluative threat. We tested this prediction in 67 socially anxious undergraduates. Participants completed self-report measures of social anxiety and interpretation bias, and 2 days later they completed an impromptu speech. Mediational analyses supported the hypothesis that interpretation bias mediates the effect of social anxiety on state anxiety in response to the speech. This relationship was specific to negative interpretation of ambiguous social scenarios. The current findings support cognitive models of social phobia and add to the empirical base supporting the role of interpretation bias in social anxiety.
Voetnoten
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The participants in the current paper are a subsample of participants included in the first author’s dissertation.
 
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After arriving at both experimental sessions, the participants completed several, additional measures that are not the focus of this paper.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Negative Interpretation Bias Mediates the Effect of Social Anxiety on State Anxiety
Auteurs
Courtney Beard
Nader Amir
Publicatiedatum
01-06-2010
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Cognitive Therapy and Research / Uitgave 3/2010
Print ISSN: 0147-5916
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2819
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-009-9258-6

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