Shame as a predictor of post-event rumination in social anxiety

Evidence shows that people with high social anxiety levels ruminate about distressing social events, which contributes to the maintenance of social anxiety symptoms. The present study aimed to explore the role of shame in maintaining post-event rumination (PER) following a negative social event (an...

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Published in:Cognition and emotion 2017-12, Vol.31 (8), p.1684-1691
Main Authors: Cândea, Diana-Mirela, Szentágotai-Tătar, Aurora
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Anxiety
Anxiety - psychology
Cognitive ability
Cognitive models
Feedback
Female
Humans
Male
Rumination
Rumination, Cognitive
Self evaluation
Self-Assessment
Shame
Shyness
Social anxiety
Social events
Speech
Young Adult
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Summary:Evidence shows that people with high social anxiety levels ruminate about distressing social events, which contributes to the maintenance of social anxiety symptoms. The present study aimed to explore the role of shame in maintaining post-event rumination (PER) following a negative social event (an impromptu speech with negative feedback) in a student sample (N = 104). Participants reported negative rumination related to the event one day and one week after the speech. PER measured one day after the speech was not associated with social anxiety symptoms and state anxiety. One week later, participants with clinically relevant social anxiety symptoms experienced greater PER. State shame was the only significant predictor of PER in a regression equation that also included social anxiety symptoms, state anxiety and self-evaluation of performance. Possible explanations and implications are discussed in light of cognitive models of social anxiety.
ISSN:0269-9931
1464-0600
DOI:10.1080/02699931.2016.1243518