The Social Suspiciousness Scale: Development, Validation, and Implications for Understanding Social Anxiety Disorder

Linett, Andrea; Monforton, Jennifer; MacKenzie, Meagan B.; McCabe, Randi E.; Rowa, Karen; Antony, Martin M.

doi:10.1007/s10862-019-09724-3

“…The goal of Study 2 was to examine and compare the anger experience of participants with HSA and those with LSA. Although previous research has shown that individuals with HSA experience elevated anger compared to individuals with LSA (e.g., Erwin et al, 2003;Kashdan & Collins, 2010;Linett et al, 2019), there is little research examining the context of their everyday anger experience. Therefore, the aim of Study 2 was to examine differences in the frequency and intensity of anger between participants with HSA and those with LSA across rejection and nonrejection contexts.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Social suspiciousness is characterized by elevated anger and hostility in the context of social interactions, as well as mistrust of others. Further, participants with SAD who completed a 12-week course of cognitive-behavioural therapy for social anxiety disorder experienced a decrease in social suspiciousness, in addition to a decrease in their social anxiety symptoms (Linett et al, 2019).…”

Section: Anger and Social Anxiety Disordermentioning

confidence: 98%

The Role of Perceived Rejection and Cognitive Reappraisal in the Experience of Anger in Individuals High in Social Anxiety

Tsekova

2023

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<p>Two studies examined anger in social anxiety. Data collection began with laboratory visits, and ended with teleconference sessions due to a “lockdown” period during the COVID-19 outbreak. Study 1 examined anger reactivity and effectiveness of cognitive reappraisal to regulate anger among individuals with high social anxiety (HSA; n=37) and low social anxiety (LSA; n=29) using rejection-salient films. Those in the HSA group displayed greater anger reactivity than those in the LSA group, but displayed similar benefits from instructed cognitive reappraisal. Study 2 examined the role of perceived rejection in the experience of anger in individuals with HSA (n=28) and LSA (n=25) using daily diaries over 14 days. Participants with HSA reported greater anger intensity than those with LSA in situations involving rejection, and those not involving rejection. Participants with HSA reported more frequent anger episodes involving rejection of others compared to participants with LSA. Implications of these findings are discussed. </p>

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“…The goal of Study 2 was to examine and compare the anger experience of participants with HSA and those with LSA. Although previous research has shown that individuals with HSA experience elevated anger compared to individuals with LSA (e.g., Erwin et al, 2003;Kashdan & Collins, 2010;Linett et al, 2019), there is little research examining the context of their everyday anger experience. Therefore, the aim of Study 2 was to examine differences in the frequency and intensity of anger between participants with HSA and those with LSA across rejection and nonrejection contexts.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Social suspiciousness is characterized by elevated anger and hostility in the context of social interactions, as well as mistrust of others. Further, participants with SAD who completed a 12-week course of cognitive-behavioural therapy for social anxiety disorder experienced a decrease in social suspiciousness, in addition to a decrease in their social anxiety symptoms (Linett et al, 2019).…”

Section: Anger and Social Anxiety Disordermentioning

confidence: 98%

The Role of Perceived Rejection and Cognitive Reappraisal in the Experience of Anger in Individuals High in Social Anxiety

Tsekova

2023

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<p>Two studies examined anger in social anxiety. Data collection began with laboratory visits, and ended with teleconference sessions due to a “lockdown” period during the COVID-19 outbreak. Study 1 examined anger reactivity and effectiveness of cognitive reappraisal to regulate anger among individuals with high social anxiety (HSA; n=37) and low social anxiety (LSA; n=29) using rejection-salient films. Those in the HSA group displayed greater anger reactivity than those in the LSA group, but displayed similar benefits from instructed cognitive reappraisal. Study 2 examined the role of perceived rejection in the experience of anger in individuals with HSA (n=28) and LSA (n=25) using daily diaries over 14 days. Participants with HSA reported greater anger intensity than those with LSA in situations involving rejection, and those not involving rejection. Participants with HSA reported more frequent anger episodes involving rejection of others compared to participants with LSA. Implications of these findings are discussed. </p>

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“…This research used three measurements for the three main variables: social suspiciousness, fast and slow thinking and trust in three types of recommender systems. Social suspiciousness was measured with The Social Suspiciousness Scale (SSS) (Linett et al, 2019) representing a 22-item self-report questionnaire, using a Likert scale from 1 to 5 to rate each statement. Fast and slow thinking was measured with 10 items Fast and Slow Thinking Questionnaire (Hardy et al, 2020), the thinking styles being conceptualized with dual processing models of reasoning, using an identical rating scale with the other two measurements.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

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Suspiciousness and Fast and Slow Thinking Impact on Trust in Recommender Systems

Rad,

Cuc,

Lile

et al. 2023

Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence

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By offering consumers more proactive and individualized information services, recommender systems have proven to be a significant answer to the problem of information overload. And collaborative filtering approaches have proven to be an important component of many such recommender systems, allowing for the development of high-quality recommendations by harnessing the preferences of communities of similar users. In this study, we argue that individual personality traits may play an essential role in ensuring general end-user confidence in recommender systems. Individual elements to be examined include social suspiciousness as a personality feature and Daniel Kahneman’s fast and slow thinking styles, which distinguish between two modes of thought: System 1 is rapid, instinctual, and emotive, while System 2 is slower, more deliberate, and more rational. Due to a lack of explanation or inaccurate recommendation results, users may not trust current recommender systems, which poses a significant challenge for those systems. As such, having a trustworthy recommender system is essential. Three different trust-aware recommender system types are analyzed systematically in this study: robust systems that filter misleading information such as spam and fake news; social aware conscious systems that benefit from users’ social connections; and explainable systems that offer justifications for recommended products. On a sample size of 487 Romanian respondents, in an online survey, we have analyzed the impact of individual factors on the trustworthiness of the three types of recommender systems. Results show that fast thinking fully mediates the relationship between social suspiciousness and trust in all three types of recommender systems.

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The Social Suspiciousness Scale: Development, Validation, and Implications for Understanding Social Anxiety Disorder

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The Role of Perceived Rejection and Cognitive Reappraisal in the Experience of Anger in Individuals High in Social Anxiety

The Role of Perceived Rejection and Cognitive Reappraisal in the Experience of Anger in Individuals High in Social Anxiety

The Role of Perceived Rejection and Cognitive Reappraisal in the Experience of Anger in Individuals High in Social Anxiety

Suspiciousness and Fast and Slow Thinking Impact on Trust in Recommender Systems

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