Pub Date : 2022-06-01DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2022.41.3.238
T. Carpenter, Oxana L. Stebbins, Kylie Fraga, Thane M. Erickson
Introduction: Whereas the act-person model of shame emphasizes negative self-appraisals, the sociometer theory roots shame in real or imagined social evaluation. If so, shame might increase vulnerability to psychosocial stressors and manifest in social anxiety specifically. We investigated how shame-proneness predicted concurrent symptoms and responses to daily interpersonal stressors. Method: A total of 159 participants (including those meeting anxiety/depression criteria in clinical interviews; n = 58) completed baseline measures of shame- and guilt-proneness, trait negative affect (NA), and social anxiety, depression, and generalized anxiety disorder symptoms, followed by stressor diaries for 5 weeks (1,923 diaries). Results: Even with NA and guilt-proneness controlled, shame-proneness uniquely predicted concurrent social anxiety and prospectively predicted experiencing social evaluation. Unique links to depression and nonspecific anxiety and worry were less consistent. Discussion: Specificity in shame-social evaluation links supported sociometer theory, Results have implications both for shame theory and clinical practice with shame-prone individuals.
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Pub Date : 2022-04-01DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2022.41.2.105
Jasmin Čolić, T. R. Bassett, A. Latysheva, C. Imboden, Klaus Bader, M. Hatzinger, T. Mikoteit, A. Meyer, R. Lieb, A. Gloster, J. Hoyer
Introduction: Embarrassment is a social affect. Once experienced in social interactions (SIs), it can be a precursor of clinical symptoms like depersonalization and ruminative thinking. This experience sampling study investigated predictors of embarrassment in social phobia (SP), major depressive disorder (MDD), and controls. Methods: For seven days, a total of n = 165 patients (n = 47 SP, n = 118 MDD) and n = 119 controls completed five surveys per day on their smartphones. The effect of social anxiety and depression facets on embarrassment was examined in contemporaneous and time-lagged models. Results: Individuals with SP or MDD experienced more embarrassing SIs than controls. Among facets of depression, feelings of guilt, and low self-worth significantly predicted embarrassment in contemporaneous, but not in time-lagged models. Among facets of social anxiety, worries about other people's opinion and worries of saying or doing something wrong during a social interaction significantly predicted embarrassment (contemporaneous and time-lagged; all p < .05). Discussion: The study reveals important cognitive factors that accompany embarrassment in SIs and that connect social experience and clinical symptoms. Targeting these putative dysfunctions could be an important strategy in therapy. The differential patterns in SP and MDD are discussed.
{"title":"Predictors of Embarrassment in Daily Social Interactions in Social Phobia, Major Depression and Healthy Controls","authors":"Jasmin Čolić, T. R. Bassett, A. Latysheva, C. Imboden, Klaus Bader, M. Hatzinger, T. Mikoteit, A. Meyer, R. Lieb, A. Gloster, J. Hoyer","doi":"10.1521/jscp.2022.41.2.105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2022.41.2.105","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Embarrassment is a social affect. Once experienced in social interactions (SIs), it can be a precursor of clinical symptoms like depersonalization and ruminative thinking. This experience sampling study investigated predictors of embarrassment in social phobia (SP), major depressive disorder (MDD), and controls. Methods: For seven days, a total of n = 165 patients (n = 47 SP, n = 118 MDD) and n = 119 controls completed five surveys per day on their smartphones. The effect of social anxiety and depression facets on embarrassment was examined in contemporaneous and time-lagged models. Results: Individuals with SP or MDD experienced more embarrassing SIs than controls. Among facets of depression, feelings of guilt, and low self-worth significantly predicted embarrassment in contemporaneous, but not in time-lagged models. Among facets of social anxiety, worries about other people's opinion and worries of saying or doing something wrong during a social interaction significantly predicted embarrassment (contemporaneous and time-lagged; all p < .05). Discussion: The study reveals important cognitive factors that accompany embarrassment in SIs and that connect social experience and clinical symptoms. Targeting these putative dysfunctions could be an important strategy in therapy. The differential patterns in SP and MDD are discussed.","PeriodicalId":48202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49138379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-04-01DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2022.41.2.155
D. Chambless, Kelly M. Allred, Ortal Nakash, Eliora Porter, Rachel A. Schwartz, Moriah J. Brier
Introduction: Two findings in the Expressed Emotion (EE) literature fail to hold for Black psychiatric patients: EE (predominantly criticism) fails to predict treatment outcome, and measures of EE fail to correlate with patients' perceptions of relatives' criticism. To understand these findings, we tested whether non-Black coders of observable criticism (a) rate Black relatives higher in criticism than White relatives, or (b) are generally less accurate when rating Black relatives. Method: Familial dyads [31 Black; 87 White] participated in video recorded problem-solving interactions. Each interaction was reliably coded for observed criticism by two-four non-Black coders; participants rated perceived criticism (the criterion measure) post-interaction. Results: Coders were less accurate in rating criticism from Black than White relatives. Discussion: These data suggest patients' ratings of perceived criticism might be the measure of choice for identification of Black families who should be engaged in the treatment process to help reduce criticism-associated treatment failure
{"title":"Race Matters in Assessment of Familial Criticism","authors":"D. Chambless, Kelly M. Allred, Ortal Nakash, Eliora Porter, Rachel A. Schwartz, Moriah J. Brier","doi":"10.1521/jscp.2022.41.2.155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2022.41.2.155","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Two findings in the Expressed Emotion (EE) literature fail to hold for Black psychiatric patients: EE (predominantly criticism) fails to predict treatment outcome, and measures of EE fail to correlate with patients' perceptions of relatives' criticism. To understand these findings, we tested whether non-Black coders of observable criticism (a) rate Black relatives higher in criticism than White relatives, or (b) are generally less accurate when rating Black relatives. Method: Familial dyads [31 Black; 87 White] participated in video recorded problem-solving interactions. Each interaction was reliably coded for observed criticism by two-four non-Black coders; participants rated perceived criticism (the criterion measure) post-interaction. Results: Coders were less accurate in rating criticism from Black than White relatives. Discussion: These data suggest patients' ratings of perceived criticism might be the measure of choice for identification of Black families who should be engaged in the treatment process to help reduce criticism-associated treatment failure","PeriodicalId":48202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45787543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-04-01DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2022.41.2.128
Robert E. Fite, Joshua C. Magee
Introduction: Cognitive models of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) posit that maladaptive beliefs about intrusive thinking contribute to the disorder's development and maintenance. However, the findings concerning one notable belief, thought-action fusion (TAF), have been inconsistent. Current conceptualizations of TAF may conflate constructs such as magical thinking, sensitivity, and thought content that are already the subject of informative, interdisciplinary literatures. Methods: To tease apart these constructs, adult participants (N = 249) reported their trait levels of sensitivity and magical thinking, and were randomly assigned to engage with an intrusive thought in one of three content areas. We hypothesized that morality-related content would lead to heightened maladaptive outcomes, but only in combination with higher trait levels of sensitivity and magical thinking. Results: Results indicated that morality-related content, along with sensitivity to morality, played more of a prominent role in maladaptive outcomes, with magical thinking being implicated in general outcomes like worry. Discussion: These findings suggest that the link between TAF and maladaptive outcomes may depend on which TAF elements are present for an individual. Sensitivity, in tandem with other TAF elements (e.g., morality-related content, magical thinking) is predictive of divergent outcomes (e.g., worrying, urges to neutralize) and thus may be an important target of future interventions aimed at reducing TAF, worrying, and/or OC symptoms.
{"title":"The Role of Magical Thinking, Sensitivity, and Thought Content in Thought-Action Fusion","authors":"Robert E. Fite, Joshua C. Magee","doi":"10.1521/jscp.2022.41.2.128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2022.41.2.128","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Cognitive models of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) posit that maladaptive beliefs about intrusive thinking contribute to the disorder's development and maintenance. However, the findings concerning one notable belief, thought-action fusion (TAF), have been inconsistent. Current conceptualizations of TAF may conflate constructs such as magical thinking, sensitivity, and thought content that are already the subject of informative, interdisciplinary literatures. Methods: To tease apart these constructs, adult participants (N = 249) reported their trait levels of sensitivity and magical thinking, and were randomly assigned to engage with an intrusive thought in one of three content areas. We hypothesized that morality-related content would lead to heightened maladaptive outcomes, but only in combination with higher trait levels of sensitivity and magical thinking. Results: Results indicated that morality-related content, along with sensitivity to morality, played more of a prominent role in maladaptive outcomes, with magical thinking being implicated in general outcomes like worry. Discussion: These findings suggest that the link between TAF and maladaptive outcomes may depend on which TAF elements are present for an individual. Sensitivity, in tandem with other TAF elements (e.g., morality-related content, magical thinking) is predictive of divergent outcomes (e.g., worrying, urges to neutralize) and thus may be an important target of future interventions aimed at reducing TAF, worrying, and/or OC symptoms.","PeriodicalId":48202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45715220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-04-01DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2022.41.2.176
Uri Lifshin, M. Mikulincer, Mabelle Kretchner
Introduction: According to the motivated helplessness hypothesis, thinking that there is nothing to do to avoid the coronavirus may make people less afraid of being infected (Lifshin et al., 2020). Previous correlational evidence indicated that high levels of helplessness were associated with diminished fear of COVID-19 (Lifshin et al., 2020; Lifshin & Mikulincer, 2021). Method: We tested if manipulated perceived helplessness to avoid the virus using bogus messages (high, low or moderate helplessness) would reduce fear of COVID-19, state anxiety, and motivation for protective actions. Results: Supporting the hypothesis, in the high helplessness condition, higher perceived helplessness related to less fear of COVID-19, but this did not occur in the low and moderate helplessness control conditions. Perceived helplessness in the helplessness condition also indirectly reduced state anxiety and motivation for protective actions. Discussion: This research may advance the psychological study of helplessness and our understanding of human behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic.
引言:根据动机性无助假说，认为没有办法避免冠状病毒可能会使人们不那么害怕被感染(Lifshin et al.， 2020)。先前的相关证据表明，高度的无助感与对COVID-19的恐惧减少有关(Lifshin et al.， 2020;Lifshin & Mikulincer, 2021)。方法:我们测试了使用虚假信息(高、低或中度无助感)来操纵感知无助感以避免病毒是否会减少对COVID-19的恐惧、状态焦虑和保护行动的动机。结果:支持假设，在高无助状态下，更高的感知无助感与更少的新冠肺炎恐惧相关，但在低、中无助控制条件下没有发生这种情况。无助条件下的感知无助也间接降低了状态焦虑和保护行为的动机。讨论:本研究可能会促进对新冠肺炎大流行期间人类无助心理的研究和对人类行为的理解。
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Pub Date : 2022-02-01DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2021.40.6.1
K. Haydon, J. Salvatore
Introduction: As evidence of the psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic emerge, examining the role of self-regulation may yield key insights. This prospective study tested whether pre-pandemic self-regulation was associated with mental health, well-being, and substance use during the initial COVID-19 surge. Methods: Participants (N = 236; Mage = 30.3; 64% female) were assessed 1–3 years prior to the pandemic and again in April of 2020. Markers of self-regulation (vagal tone, attachment insecurity, stress-reactive rumination, and attentional control) were assessed at Time 1, as were depressive symptoms, sleep problems, relationship satisfaction, perceived stress, and substance use. These outcomes were assessed again during the pandemic, along with anxiety symptoms and peri-traumatic distress. Results: Poor pre-pandemic self-regulation was associated with higher peri-pandemic depressive and anxiety symptoms, peri-traumatic distress, and cannabis use. Self-regulation was not associated with sleep, relationship satisfaction, alcohol use, or drug use and did not moderate changes over time. Discussion: Prospective analyses indicated simultaneous, independent associations of cognitive and emotional self-regulation with mental health and well-being during the initial COVID-19 pandemic surge, yet pre-pandemic self-regulation did not account for trajectories of change over time. Findings emphasize the importance of prospective data for understanding biopsychosocial resilience during the pandemic and beyond.
{"title":"Self-Regulation Predicts Mental Health and Well-Being During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Study","authors":"K. Haydon, J. Salvatore","doi":"10.1521/jscp.2021.40.6.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2021.40.6.1","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: As evidence of the psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic emerge, examining the role of self-regulation may yield key insights. This prospective study tested whether pre-pandemic self-regulation was associated with mental health, well-being, and substance use during the initial COVID-19 surge. Methods: Participants (N = 236; Mage = 30.3; 64% female) were assessed 1–3 years prior to the pandemic and again in April of 2020. Markers of self-regulation (vagal tone, attachment insecurity, stress-reactive rumination, and attentional control) were assessed at Time 1, as were depressive symptoms, sleep problems, relationship satisfaction, perceived stress, and substance use. These outcomes were assessed again during the pandemic, along with anxiety symptoms and peri-traumatic distress. Results: Poor pre-pandemic self-regulation was associated with higher peri-pandemic depressive and anxiety symptoms, peri-traumatic distress, and cannabis use. Self-regulation was not associated with sleep, relationship satisfaction, alcohol use, or drug use and did not moderate changes over time. Discussion: Prospective analyses indicated simultaneous, independent associations of cognitive and emotional self-regulation with mental health and well-being during the initial COVID-19 pandemic surge, yet pre-pandemic self-regulation did not account for trajectories of change over time. Findings emphasize the importance of prospective data for understanding biopsychosocial resilience during the pandemic and beyond.","PeriodicalId":48202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49229011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-02-01DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2021.40.6.54
S. Robertson, Stephen D. Short, D. McSween, Shaina Medlen, Katie Schneider
Introduction: There are mixed data in the literature regarding the efficacy of expressive writing (EW) interventions. The current study utilized a waitlist control design to assess whether symptom change occurred during a waitlist period and an intervention period. We also assessed the potential relationship between initial anxiety symptom severity and follow-up scores of anxiety. Methods: One hundred forty-one first-year college students were randomly assigned to either (a) initiate an EW protocol immediately or (b) initiate an EW protocol after at least four weeks had elapsed. All participants completed three consecutive days of EW and two follow-up visits. Results: Participants who started their EW protocol immediately demonstrated a significant decrease in anxiety at the one-month follow-up while participants in the waitlist condition did not demonstrate a significant decrease in anxiety during the waiting period. All participants demonstrated a significant decrease in anxiety between the first day of the EW intervention and the six-month follow-up visit. This effect was moderated by initial anxiety symptom level. Discussion: Completing an EW intervention, whether immediately or after a one-month waiting period, was associated with lowered anxiety scores six months post-intervention. College students’ anxiety levels did not naturally improve over the course of a one-month waiting period.
{"title":"Randomized Controlled Trial Assessing the Efficacy of Expressive Writing in Reducing Symptoms of Anxiety: Waitlist Control Design","authors":"S. Robertson, Stephen D. Short, D. McSween, Shaina Medlen, Katie Schneider","doi":"10.1521/jscp.2021.40.6.54","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2021.40.6.54","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: There are mixed data in the literature regarding the efficacy of expressive writing (EW) interventions. The current study utilized a waitlist control design to assess whether symptom change occurred during a waitlist period and an intervention period. We also assessed the potential relationship between initial anxiety symptom severity and follow-up scores of anxiety. Methods: One hundred forty-one first-year college students were randomly assigned to either (a) initiate an EW protocol immediately or (b) initiate an EW protocol after at least four weeks had elapsed. All participants completed three consecutive days of EW and two follow-up visits. Results: Participants who started their EW protocol immediately demonstrated a significant decrease in anxiety at the one-month follow-up while participants in the waitlist condition did not demonstrate a significant decrease in anxiety during the waiting period. All participants demonstrated a significant decrease in anxiety between the first day of the EW intervention and the six-month follow-up visit. This effect was moderated by initial anxiety symptom level. Discussion: Completing an EW intervention, whether immediately or after a one-month waiting period, was associated with lowered anxiety scores six months post-intervention. College students’ anxiety levels did not naturally improve over the course of a one-month waiting period.","PeriodicalId":48202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49012366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-02-01DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2021.40.6.79
Noémie Niveau, Marine Beaudoin, Boris New
Introduction: Self-esteem is central to human well-being, quality of life, and mental health. Therefore, it is important to propose preventive and therapeutic techniques to deal with decline in self-esteem. Different interventions have been proposed and their efficacies have been validated. However, they present certain constraints such as a cognitive and/or emotional cost, which limit some clinical applications. Method: Based on contributions from cognitive, social, and clinical psychology, we propose to test the efficacy of a new technique for self-esteem enhancement using brief lexical associations and mental visualization (six sessions of five minutes) for a stimulation of episodic and semantic self-perceptions. Results: Comparing the Lexical Association Technique to a control technique and using a double-blind pre-post design, two studies show the efficacy of this new technique on global self-esteem in two samples of students (nStudy1 = 36; nStudy2 = 89), as well as a sustained effect up to 5 days after the technique is stopped. Discussion: The mechanisms underlying the efficacy of this technique are discussed. Further studies are needed to precise the clinical applicability of the Lexical Association Technique on patients.
{"title":"A New Technique to Increase Self-Esteem by Reading and Mental Visualization: The Lexical Association Technique","authors":"Noémie Niveau, Marine Beaudoin, Boris New","doi":"10.1521/jscp.2021.40.6.79","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2021.40.6.79","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Self-esteem is central to human well-being, quality of life, and mental health. Therefore, it is important to propose preventive and therapeutic techniques to deal with decline in self-esteem. Different interventions have been proposed and their efficacies have been validated. However, they present certain constraints such as a cognitive and/or emotional cost, which limit some clinical applications. Method: Based on contributions from cognitive, social, and clinical psychology, we propose to test the efficacy of a new technique for self-esteem enhancement using brief lexical associations and mental visualization (six sessions of five minutes) for a stimulation of episodic and semantic self-perceptions. Results: Comparing the Lexical Association Technique to a control technique and using a double-blind pre-post design, two studies show the efficacy of this new technique on global self-esteem in two samples of students (nStudy1 = 36; nStudy2 = 89), as well as a sustained effect up to 5 days after the technique is stopped. Discussion: The mechanisms underlying the efficacy of this technique are discussed. Further studies are needed to precise the clinical applicability of the Lexical Association Technique on patients.","PeriodicalId":48202,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43695399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-02-01DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2021.40.6.30
Madison Politte-Corn, Elizabeth A Nick, Lindsay Dickey, Samantha Pegg, David A Cole, Autumn Kujawa
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to major stressors, increases in internalizing symptomatology, and greater reliance on online interactions. We examined associations between social media use, online social support, pandemic-related stress, and internalizing symptoms, and tested the moderating role of social media use on the relation between stress and symptom change across time.
Methods: Emerging adults aged 18-25 (N=200) self-reported pandemic-related stress, internalizing symptoms, social media use, and online social support in May 2020, then repeated measures of internalizing symptoms in August 2020.
Results: Greater social media use was cross-sectionally associated with greater stress and anxiety symptoms. High social media use in conjunction with high interpersonal stress was predictive of increases in depression, whereas low online social support and high total stress was predictive of increases in anxiety.
Discussion: Findings suggest that general social media usage and online social support are differentially related to internalizing symptom change among emerging adults.
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Pub Date : 2021-12-01DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2021.40.6.587
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