Does cognitive reappraisal reduce anxiety? A daily diary study of a micro-intervention with individuals with high social anxiety.
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OBJECTIVE: To examine emotion regulation (ER) among individuals with high (HSA) and low social anxiety (LSA) and the effects of 1 week of practiced cognitive reappraisal using self-report, daily diary measures and lab tasks. METHOD: HSAs received reappraisal (HSA-R; n = 43) or monitoring (HSA-M; n = 40) instructions. LSAs received monitoring instructions (LSA-M; n = 41). Self-report measures of social anxiety and ER, and a lab task of reappraisal were administered at baseline and after 1 week. Daily diaries of anxiety and ER were also collected. RESULTS: At baseline, HSAs compared with LSAs reported lower self-efficacy of reappraisal and higher frequency and self-efficacy of suppression, but no differences emerged in the reappraisal task. Following the intervention, the HSA-R compared with the HSA-M reported lower symptom severity, greater self-efficacy of reappraisal but equal daily anxiety. HSA-R used reappraisal mostly combined with suppression (74.76% of situations). Post hoc analyses demonstrated that clinical diagnosis, but not severity, moderated the intervention effect. CONCLUSIONS: The results demonstrate the efficacy of a short intervention in social anxiety, and provide additional areas of research for improving its treatment.
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In Kivity and Huppert, the group with high SA presented lower symptom severity and greater self-efficacy of reappraisal, but daily anxiety was not significantly different.
“Although the group with high SA presented lower symptom severity and greater self-efficacy of reappraisal, daily anxiety was not significantly different.”
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- Authors
- Kivity, Y., & Huppert, J. D.
- Affiliations
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL)
- Venue
- Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
- Published
- 2016-03
- Volume
- 84
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 269-283
- ISSN
- 0022-006X (ISSN-L)
- 1939-2117
- OpenAlex
- W2268103296
- Cited by
- 79
- References
- 22
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 4
- FWCI
- 7.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Israel Foundation Trustees
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychological Treatments and Assessments
- Keywords
- cognitive reappraisal, social anxiety, emotion regulation, emotion regulation training, emotional suppression, self-efficacy, micro-interventions, anxiety levels
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Anxiety, Cognition, Emotions, Female, Humans, Male, Phobic Disorders, Self Efficacy, Young Adult, Self Report
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