Effects of Self-Image on Anxiety, Judgement Bias and Emotion Regulation in Social Anxiety Disorder
- Authors
- Lee, Hannah; Ahn, Jung-Kwang; Kwon, Jung-Hye
- Issue Date
- 1월-2019
- Publisher
- CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
- Keywords
- social anxiety disorder; self-imagery; judgement bias; emotion regulation
- Citation
- BEHAVIOURAL AND COGNITIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY, v.47, no.1, pp.81 - 94
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- SSCI
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- Journal Title
- BEHAVIOURAL AND COGNITIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY
- Volume
- 47
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 81
- End Page
- 94
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/68473
- DOI
- 10.1017/S135246581800022X
- ISSN
- 1352-4658
- Abstract
- Background: Research to date has focused on the detrimental effects of negative self-images for individuals with social anxiety disorder (SAD), but the benefits of positive self-images have been neglected. Aims: The present study examined the effect of holding a positive versus negative self-image in mind on anxiety, judgement bias and emotion regulation (ER) in individuals with SAD. Method: Forty-two individuals who met the diagnostic criteria for SAD were randomly assigned to either a positive or a negative self-image group. Participants were assessed twice with a week's interval in between using the Reactivity and Regulation Situation Task, which measures social anxiety, discomfort, judgement bias and ER, prior to and after the inducement of a positive or negative self-image. Results: Individuals in the positive self-image group reported less social anxiety, discomfort and distress from social cost when compared with their pre-induction state. They also used more adaptive ER strategies and experienced less anxiety and discomfort after using ER. In contrast, individuals in the negative self-image group showed no significant differences in anxiety, judgement bias or ER strategies before and after the induction. Conclusions: This study highlights the beneficial effects of positive self-images on social anxiety and ER.
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