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Cognitive biases in generalized social phobia

Foa, Edna B., Franklin, Martin E., Perry, Kevin J., Herbert, James D.·1996·Journal of Abnormal Psychology

DOI 10.1037/0021-843x.105.3.433

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Judgmental biases for threat-relevant stimuli are thought to be important mechanisms underlying the etiology and maintenance of anxiety disorders. The authors hypothesized (a) that people with generalized social phobia (GSP) would rate negative social events but not nonsocial events as more probable and costly than would nonanxious controls (NACs) and (b) that cognitive behavioral treatment would decrease probability and cost estimates for social but not nonsocial events. Participants with GSP and NACs were assessed twice, 14 weeks apart, during which the former received cognitive behavioral therapy. Those with GSP evidenced socially relevant judgmental biases prior to treatment, and these were attenuated following treatment. Reduction in cost estimates for social events, but not in probability estimates, mediated improvement in social phobia. Results are discussed in light of emotional processing theory.

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Authors: Foa, E. B., Franklin, M. E., Perry, K. J., & Herbert, J. D.
ORCID: Foa, Edna B.
Franklin, Martin E.
Venue: Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Published: 1996-08
Volume: 105
Issue: 3
Pages: 433-439
ISSN: 0021-843X (ISSN-L)
1939-1846
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843x.105.3.433
OpenAlex: W2014773448
Cited by: 416
References: 17
Citations by year: 2026: 4 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 16 · 2016: 17 · 2015: 22 · 2014: 21 · 2013: 15 · 2012: 20
FWCI: 7.27
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Journal of Abnormal Psychology (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: National Institutes of Health (5r10mh049340-04)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychological Treatments and Assessments
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords: generalized social phobia, cognitive biases, probability estimation, cost estimation, cognitive behavioral therapy, anxiety maintenance, emotional processing theory, social anxiety
MeSH terms: Adult, Arousal, Cognition Disorders, Female, Humans, Internal-External Control, Male, Middle Aged, Personality Inventory, Phobic Disorders, Role Playing, Set, Psychology, Social Perception, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Treatment Outcome

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