The causal role of self-awareness in blushing-anxious, socially-anxious and social phobics individuals

Bögels, Susan M.; Lamers, Caroline T. J.

doi:10.1016/s0005-7967(01)00096-1

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“…One possible explanation is that participants might not have felt under public scrutiny, and consequently, were less concerned about presenting a confident public self. Thus, they may have been more task focused, which is associated with lower levels of social anxiety (Bögels & Lamers, 2002). In support of this proposal, participants in the low social-evaluative condition reported less anxiety and evaluated their memory recall in a more positive way than participants in the high social-evaluative condition, relative to the assessor's estimations of participants' recall.…”

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confidence: 80%

The spotlight effect and the illusion of transparency in social anxiety

Brown

Stopa

2007

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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The spotlight effect and the illusion of transparency in social anxiety

Brown

Stopa

2007

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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“…The patient then utilises this internal information to infer that they are performing poorly in the situation, leading to increased anxiety (Spurr and Stopa 2002). In support of this model, elevated selffocused attention during a social interaction is associated with poorer perceptions of performance (Daly et al 1989;Mellings and Alden 2000), and higher levels of selfreported state anxiety (Bogels and Lamers 2002;McEvoy and Kingsep 2006;Spurr and Stopa 2002;Woody 1996;Zou et al 2007). Therefore, the present study investigated whether elevated self-focused attention predicts greater PEP following an anxiety-provoking social situation.…”

Section: Self-focused Attentionmentioning

confidence: 82%

The Predictors and Contents of Post-Event Processing in Social Anxiety

Makkar

Grisham

2011

Cogn Ther Res

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The present study investigated the factors that influence the likelihood that individuals engage in postevent processing (PEP)-the act of engaging in a detailed, negative, and self-focused review following social situations. This study also examined the cognitive contents of PEP in a nonclinical sample (N = 40). Participants undertook both a 5-min speech and conversation and then completed measures assessing cognitions, behaviours, and physiological processes that occurred during each task. Twenty-four hours later, PEP was measured in relation to both tasks. Results showed firstly that PEP was greater following the speech than the conversation. Secondly, negative assumptions were found to be a unique predictor of PEP over and above depression, trait anxiety, and other cognitive-behavioural variables. Finally, higher levels of social anxiety were associated with experiencing more negative self-perceptions and regret-based cognitions during PEP. Current findings underscore the importance of targeting negative assumptions, self-related cognitions, and regret-based thoughts in therapy.

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“…Studies that have empirically linked blushing to social anxiety in adults supported the hypothesis that blushing is related to social anxiety (e.g., Bögels & Lamers, 2002;Dijk et al, 2009;Drummond & Lazaroo, 2012;Gerlach et al, 2001;Voncken & Bögels, 2009). The recent meta-analysis on blushing and social anxiety (Nikolić, Colonnesi, de Vente, Drummond, & Bögels, 2015) confirmed that socially anxious people perceive themselves as blushing more than nonsocially anxious people.…”

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confidence: 92%

Blushing in early childhood: Feeling coy or socially anxious?

Nikolić¹,

Colonnesi²,

Vente³

et al. 2016

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Blushing has adaptive social functions. However, blushing is also assumed to be a hallmark of social anxiety and shyness. For the first time, blushing and its relation to the expressions of shyness and social anxiety was examined in early childhood. Four-and-a-half-year-old children (N = 102) were asked to perform (singing in front of an audience) and watched back their performance in the presence of that audience. Physiological blushing (blood volume pulse, blood volume, and cheek temperature) was measured, and positive (gaze and/or head aversion with smiling) and negative expressions of shyness (gaze and/or head aversion with negative facial expressions) were observed. In addition, both parents reported their child’s social anxiety level. A higher level of blushing response was related to greater social anxiety in children who displayed few positive shy expressions, but not in children who displayed many positive shy expressions during the performance. Moreover, children who expressed many negative shy expressions were highly socially anxious, no matter their blushing. Our findings suggest that blushing appears to be an early indicator of social anxiety in children who are not able to successfully cope with fearful social situations. In contrast, blushing, in combination with positive shy behaviors, appears to be an adaptive social mechanism that may protect from heightened social anxiety.

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The causal role of self-awareness in blushing-anxious, socially-anxious and social phobics individuals

Cited by 65 publications

References 33 publications

The spotlight effect and the illusion of transparency in social anxiety

The spotlight effect and the illusion of transparency in social anxiety

The Predictors and Contents of Post-Event Processing in Social Anxiety

Blushing in early childhood: Feeling coy or socially anxious?

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