Anticipated reactions to social events: Differences among individuals with generalized social phobia, obsessive compulsive disorder, and nonanxious controls

Eva Gilboa-Schechtman; Martin E. Franklin; Edna B. Foa

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Anticipated reactions to social events: Differences among individuals with generalized social phobia, obsessive compulsive disorder, and nonanxious controls

Eva Gilboa-Schechtman, Martin E. Franklin, Edna B. Foa

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Abstract

Probability and emotional impact estimates of intense positive and negative social events were examined in individuals with generalized social phobia (GSPs), obsessive compulsive disorder (OCDs), and nonanxious controls (NACs). Participants completed a questionnaire containing 20 event descriptions. For each event, they indicated the probability that the event would happen to them and rated aspects of their reactions to the event: magnitude, duration, self-esteem change, and strength of bodily reaction. Compared to NACs, GSPs estimated positive events as less likely and negative events as more likely to happen to them. GSPs rated the impact of both negative and positive social events higher than did NACs. Moreover, GSPs anticipated experiencing more frequent and intense negative reactions to positive social events than did NACs. On most measures, GSPs also differed from OCDs. Although evaluation biases of social events may be more characteristic of anxious individuals than of nonanxious individuals, they appear to be particularly related to social phobia.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	731-746
Number of pages	16
Journal	Cognitive Therapy and Research
Volume	24
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005595513315
State	Published - 2000
Externally published	Yes

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We thank Karen Bogert and Karla Ferrarrelli for help with data collection and entry. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Miami, Florida, November 1997. The present research was supported in part by a grant from National Institute for Mental Health (MH-49340) awarded to Edna B. Foa.

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We thank Karen Bogert and Karla Ferrarrelli for help with data collection and entry. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Miami, Florida, November 1997. The present research was supported in part by a grant from National Institute for Mental Health (MH-49340) awarded to Edna B. Foa.

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National Institute of Mental Health	MH-49340

Keywords

Cognitive biases
Cost estimation
Generalized social phobia
Probability estimation

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