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Impaired positive inferential bias in social phobia

Hirsch, Colette R., Mathews, Andrew·2000·Journal of Abnormal Psychology
DOI 10.1037/0021-843x.109.4.705
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Abstract

People with social phobia report anticipatory and retrospective judgments about social situations that appear consistent with a negative interpretative bias. However, it is not at all clear that biased interpretative inferences are made "on-line;" that is, at the time that ambiguous information is first encountered. In a previous study, volunteers who were anxious about interviews were found to lack the positive on-line inferential bias that was characteristic of nonanxious controls but also failed to show a bias favoring threatening inferences (C. R. Hirsch & A. Mathews, 1997). This finding was confirmed in the present study, in which social phobic patients showed no evidence of making on-line emotional inferences, in contrast with socially nonanxious controls who were again clearly biased in favor of positive inferences. The authors concluded that nonanxious individuals are characterized by a benign on-line inferential bias, but that this is impaired in people with social phobia.

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Authors
Hirsch, C. R., & Mathews, A.
Affiliations
  • University of London (GB)
  • University of Cambridge (GB)
ORCID
Hirsch, Colette R.
Venue
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2000-11
Volume
109
Issue
4
Pages
705-712
ISSN
  • 0021-843X (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1846
DOI
10.1037/0021-843x.109.4.705
OpenAlex
W2083308858
Cited by
267
References
8
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FWCI
6.51
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Abnormal Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychological Treatments and Assessments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
Keywords
social anxiety disorder, interpretation bias, emotion inference, anxiety
MeSH terms
Adult, Arousal, Attention, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Phobic Disorders, Self Concept, Social Perception

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