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BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY
Volume 46, Issue 4, Pages 438-449Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2008.01.008
Keywords
social anxiety; cognitive mediation; psychophysiology; emotion regulation; fear of public speaking
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- NIMH NIH HHS [R01 MH078308, R01 MH078308-01A1] Funding Source: Medline
- PHS HHS [MHMH075889] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH [R01MH078308] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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The cognitive model of social anxiety predicts that negative self-focused cognitions increase anxiety when anticipating social threat. To test this prediction, 36 individuals were asked to anticipate and perform a public-speaking task. During anticipation, negative self-focused cognitions or relaxation were experimentally induced while self-reported anxiety, autonomic arousal (heart rate, heart rate variability, skin conductance level), and acoustic eye-blink startle response were assessed. As predicted, negative self-focused cognitions mediated the effects of trait social anxiety on self-reported anxiety and heart rate variability during negative anticipation. Furthermore, trait social anxiety predicted increased startle amplitudes. These findings support a central assumption of the cognitive model of social anxiety. 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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