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Implicit associations and social anxiety

Westberg, Peter ; Lundh, Lars-Gunnar LU and Jönsson, Peter LU (2007) In Cognitive Behaviour Therapy 36(1). p.43-51
Abstract
The aim of this study was to test whether an Implicit Association Test (IAT) with self- and social anxiety-words is sensitive to differences in trait social anxiety, and to an experimental induction of social anxiety. This was performed in the context of a partial replication of a previous study, in which Mauss et al. (2004) compared high and low trait socially anxious individuals before and after a social anxiety induction (an impromptu speech). Mauss et al.'s findings were replicated; that is, (i) the social anxiety induction produced increases in self-rated anxiety, self-rated physiological responses, and actual physiological arousal; and (ii) higher trait social anxiety was associated with stronger self-rated anxiety and stronger... (More)
The aim of this study was to test whether an Implicit Association Test (IAT) with self- and social anxiety-words is sensitive to differences in trait social anxiety, and to an experimental induction of social anxiety. This was performed in the context of a partial replication of a previous study, in which Mauss et al. (2004) compared high and low trait socially anxious individuals before and after a social anxiety induction (an impromptu speech). Mauss et al.'s findings were replicated; that is, (i) the social anxiety induction produced increases in self-rated anxiety, self-rated physiological responses, and actual physiological arousal; and (ii) higher trait social anxiety was associated with stronger self-rated anxiety and stronger self-rated physiological responses, but not with stronger actual physiological responses. In addition, the results showed higher IAT social anxiety scores, both (i) as a result of the social anxiety induction, and (ii) as a function of self-reported trait social anxiety. It is suggested that the IAT may be a useful method for the experimental study of automatic evaluational thought patterns. (Less)
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cognitive processes, physiological activation, anxiety induction, social anxiety, implicit associations
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Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
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43 - 51
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Taylor & Francis
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1651-2316
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10.1080/08037060601020401
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  author       = {{Westberg, Peter and Lundh, Lars-Gunnar and Jönsson, Peter}},
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  publisher    = {{Taylor & Francis}},
  series       = {{Cognitive Behaviour Therapy}},
  title        = {{Implicit associations and social anxiety}},
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  doi          = {{10.1080/08037060601020401}},
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