Framing social information and generalized social phobia

Patients with generalized social phobia (GSP, N=33) and matched community controls ( N=31) engaged in a social interaction that was constructed to go well, and then received feedback that framed social cues reflecting either the absence of negative outcomes or the presence of positive outcomes. Foll...

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Published in:Behaviour research and therapy 2004-05, Vol.42 (5), p.585-600
Main Authors: Alden, Lynn E, Mellings, Tanna M.B, Laposa, Judith M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Anxiety - psychology
Anxiety disorders. Neuroses
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive theories
Cues
Fear & phobias
Feedback, Psychological
Female
Framing
Generalized social phobia
Group dynamics
Humans
Information processing
Interpersonal Relations
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Phobia
Phobic Disorders - psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Self-verification
Social Perception
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Summary:Patients with generalized social phobia (GSP, N=33) and matched community controls ( N=31) engaged in a social interaction that was constructed to go well, and then received feedback that framed social cues reflecting either the absence of negative outcomes or the presence of positive outcomes. Following feedback that framed positive social cues, the GSP group predicted they would experience more anxiety in a subsequent interaction than did non-phobic controls. In contrast, following feedback framing the absence of negative outcomes, the GSP group did not differ from controls in their anxiety predictions. The results demonstrated that framing paradigms and methods can be usefully applied to the study of cognitive processes in social phobia and indicated that research to examine how GSP patients process specific types of social information is needed.
ISSN:0005-7967
1873-622X
DOI:10.1016/S0005-7967(03)00163-3