The looming maladaptive style in social anxiety

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dc.contributor.authorBrown, M.
dc.contributor.authorStopa, L.
dc.date.issued2008
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dc.description.abstractThis exploratory study examined the relationship between the looming maladaptive style (i.e., an enduring and traitlike cognitive pattern to appraise threat as rapidly rising in risk, progressively worsening, or actively speeding up and accelerating) and three different aspects of trait social anxiety (i.e., fear of negative evaluation, social interaction anxiety, and public scrutiny fears) as well as general anxiety and depression. A large nonclinical, female-only sample (n = 152) completed the Looming Maladaptive Style Questionnaire–II (Riskind, J. H., Williams, N. L., Theodore, L. G., Chrosniak, L. D., & Cortina, J. M. (2000). The looming maladaptive style: Anxiety, danger, and schematic processing. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79, 837–852), which assesses two types of looming vulnerability: social (i.e., looming appraisals in response to potentially threatening social situations) and physical (i.e., looming appraisals in response to potentially threatening physical stimuli). Multiple regression analyses indicated that social looming uniquely predicted fear of negative evaluation, social interaction anxiety, and public scrutiny fears, accounting for 7%, 4%, and 3% of the variance, respectively. However, social looming did not predict depression. These findings support the looming model of anxiety and encourage further attention to the possible role of social looming as an anxiety-specific vulnerability factor in social anxiety.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityMichael A. Brown and Lusia Stopa
dc.identifier.citationBehavior Therapy, 2008; 39(1):57-64
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.beth.2007.04.004
dc.identifier.issn0005-7894
dc.identifier.issn1878-1888
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/50776
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAssoc Adv Behavior Therapy
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2007.04.004
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectRisk Assessment
dc.subjectRegression Analysis
dc.subjectAdaptation, Psychological
dc.subjectDepression
dc.subjectSocial Adjustment
dc.subjectAnxiety
dc.subjectPersonality
dc.subjectPhobic Disorders
dc.subjectModels, Psychological
dc.subjectAdolescent
dc.subjectAdult
dc.subjectMiddle Aged
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectMale
dc.titleThe looming maladaptive style in social anxiety
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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