Perfectionism in an interpersonal context: A self-regulation analysis of dysphoria and social anxiety

1994 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 297-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynn E. Alden ◽  
Peter J. Bieling ◽  
Scott T. Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Interpersonal Context

scholarly journals Social Anxiety in Affective Personality Disorders

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 707-715
Author(s):  
R. V. Kadyrov ◽  
T. V. Kapustina ◽  
V. A. Dogadina ◽  
T. S. Isaeva
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Affective Disorders ◽  
Defense Mechanisms ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Test Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Social Situations ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
Negative Beliefs

The research features social anxiety in people with such affective disorders as internal tension triggered by social and interpersonal communication. The test group involved 28 individuals with various affective disorders. The control group consisted of 28 respondents without affective personality disorder or depressive symptoms. Psychological diagnostics presupposed specific methods for each selected criterion of social anxiety: 1) negative beliefs about social interaction; 2) increased physiological excitability; 3) desire to avoid social situations; fear in distress; 4) deficit of social skills. The study made it possible to describe the features of the emotional, cognitive, and behavioral background of persons with affective disorders: hyperbolization of life difficulties; avoiding stressful situations; deficiency of adaptive defense mechanisms and energy resources to overcome frustration. The study also revealed a defect in the natural self-regulation of the psychoemotional state of social situations in persons with affective disorders. The results obtained are valuable for understanding the possibilities of psychological correction, aimed at reducing the intensity of negative experiences associated with social anxiety.

Attentional Bias Among Adolescents Who Stutter: Evidence for a Vigilance–Avoidance Effect

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (10) ◽  
pp. 3349-3363
Author(s):  
Naomi H. Rodgers ◽  
Jennifer Y. F. Lau ◽  
Patricia M. Zebrowski
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Attentional Bias ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Cutoff Score ◽  
Attentional Disengagement ◽  
Social Stimuli ◽  
Facial Stimuli ◽  
The Social ◽  
Attentional Engagement ◽  
High Social Anxiety

Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine group and individual differences in attentional bias toward and away from socially threatening facial stimuli among adolescents who stutter and age- and sex-matched typically fluent controls. Method Participants included 86 adolescents (43 stuttering, 43 controls) ranging in age from 13 to 19 years. They completed a computerized dot-probe task, which was modified to allow for separate measurement of attentional engagement with and attentional disengagement from facial stimuli (angry, fearful, neutral expressions). Their response time on this task was the dependent variable. Participants also completed the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A) and provided a speech sample for analysis of stuttering-like behaviors. Results The adolescents who stutter were more likely to engage quickly with threatening faces than to maintain attention on neutral faces, and they were also more likely to disengage quickly from threatening faces than to maintain attention on those faces. The typically fluent controls did not show any attentional preference for the threatening faces over the neutral faces in either the engagement or disengagement conditions. The two groups demonstrated equivalent levels of social anxiety that were both, on average, very close to the clinical cutoff score for high social anxiety, although degree of social anxiety did not influence performance in either condition. Stuttering severity did not influence performance among the adolescents who stutter. Conclusion This study provides preliminary evidence for a vigilance–avoidance pattern of attentional allocation to threatening social stimuli among adolescents who stutter.

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