Negative self-focused cognitions mediate the effect of trait social anxiety on state anxiety

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 438-449

  Schulz, Stefan M ^a,b   Alpers, Georg W ^b,c   Hofmann, Stefan G ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive mediation; Emotion regulation; Fear of public speaking; Psychophysiology; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC SPEAKING; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SPEECH; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 40949090934     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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