Does self-focused attention in social anxiety depend on self-construal? Evidence from a probe detection paradigm.
- Vriends N University of Basel, Department of Psychology, Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Basel, Switzerland.
- Bolt OC University of Basel, Department of Psychology, Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Basel, Switzerland.
- Meral Y University of Basel, Department of Psychology, Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Basel, Switzerland.
- Meyer AH University of Basel, Department of Psychology, Division of Clinical Psychology and Epidemiology, Basel, Switzerland.
- Bögels S University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Research Institute of Child Development and Education, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Wilhelm FH University of Basel, Department of Psychology, Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Basel, Switzerland.
- 2019-06-04
Published in:
- Journal of experimental psychopathology. - 2019
cognitive-behavior therapy
culture
exposure treatment
interdependence
self-construal
self-focused attention
social anxiety
social phobia
English
Cognitive models of social anxiety disorder propose self-focused attention as a key maintenance factor of the disorder. However, whether this holds true for different cultural contexts has not been investigated. The present experiment investigated the influence of self-construal (interdependent versus independent) on self-focused attention in high and low socially anxious individuals. Eighty-seven participants, divided into high versus low socially anxious and interdependent versus independent self-construal, performed a self-focused attention probe detection paradigm. A reaction time metric relating to attention deployment on the self versus the other served as an index of self-focused attention. In individuals with an interdependent self-construal those who are highly socially anxious showed decreased self-focused attention compared to those who are low socially anxious. In individuals with an independent self-construal the effect of social anxiety was less strong and in the opposite direction (but congruent with cognitive models). These results indicate that self-focused attention in social anxiety depends on self-construal. These findings implicate different therapies for people with social anxiety disorder, depending on their self-construal.
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- DOI 10.5127/jep.041514
- PMID 31156802
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/171207
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