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Emotion beliefs in social anxiety disorder: Associations with stress, anxiety, and well‐being

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De castella, Krista, Goldin, Philippe, Jazaieri, Hooria, Ziv, Michal, Heimberg, Richard G., Gross, James J.·2014·Australian Journal of Psychology

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Dysfunctional beliefs play an important role in the aetiology and maintenance of social anxiety disorder (SAD). Despite this—and the heightened salience of emotion in SAD—little is known about SAD patients' beliefs about whether emotions can be influenced or changed. The current study examined these emotion beliefs in patients with SAD and in non‐clinical participants. Overall, patients were more likely to hold entity beliefs (i.e., viewing emotions as things that cannot be changed). However, this group difference in emotion beliefs varied by emotion domain. Specifically, SAD patients more readily held entity beliefs about their own emotions and anxiety than about emotions in general. By contrast, non‐clinical participants more readily held entity beliefs about emotions in general than about their own. Results also indicated that even when controlling for social anxiety severity, patients with SAD differed in their beliefs about their emotions, and these beliefs explained unique variance in perceived stress, trait anxiety, negative affect, and self‐esteem.

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  • In laboratory settings, De Castella et al demonstrated that individuals with social anxiety disorder presented low emotional self-efficacy, or the belief that emotions cannot be changed.

    “In laboratory settings, De Castella et al [89] demonstrated that individuals with SAD presented low emotional self-efficacy, or the belief that emotions cannot be changed”

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De castella, K., Goldin, P., Jazaieri, H., Ziv, M., Heimberg, R. G., & Gross, J. J.
Affiliations
  • Research School of Psychology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia,
  • Stanford University (US)
  • Adult Anxiety Clinic of Temple (US)
Venue
Australian Journal of Psychology
Published
2014-06-01
Volume
66
Issue
2
Pages
139-148
ISSN
  • 0004-9530 (ISSN-L)
  • 1742-9536
OpenAlex
W1897304106
Cited by
104
References
75
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 2
FWCI
9.74
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Australian Journal of Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • ANU Open Research (Australian National University) (submittedVersion)
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
social anxiety disorder, emotion beliefs, entity beliefs, perceived stress, trait anxiety, negative affect, self-esteem, emotion regulation, dysfunctional attitudes

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