Drinking Context Influences the Association Between Social Anxiety and Drinking Problems in Undergraduates

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.A. Terlecki ◽  
A.H. Ecker ◽  
J.D. Buckner
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Drinking Problems ◽  
Drinking Context

scholarly journals College drinking problems and social anxiety: The importance of drinking context.

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 545-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meredith A. Terlecki ◽  
Anthony H. Ecker ◽  
Julia D. Buckner
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
College Drinking ◽  
Drinking Problems ◽  
Drinking Context

scholarly journals Mindfulness Facets, Social Anxiety, and Drinking to Cope with Social Anxiety: Testing Mediators of Drinking Problems

Mindfulness ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elise M. Clerkin ◽  
Laurel D. Sarfan ◽  
E. Marie Parsons ◽  
Joshua C. Magee
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Drinking To Cope ◽  
Drinking Problems ◽  
Mindfulness Facets

Social anxiety and alcohol-related outcomes: the mediating role of drinking context and protective strategies

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 396-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margo C. Villarosa-Hurlocker ◽  
Michael B. Madson ◽  
Richard S. Mohn ◽  
Virgil Zeigler-Hill ◽  
Bonnie C. Nicholson
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Drinking Context ◽  
Protective Strategies

scholarly journals Increased Ethanol Intake is Associated with Social Anxiety in Offspring Exposed to Ethanol on Gestational Day 12

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marvin R. Diaz ◽  
Julia M. Johnson ◽  
Elena I. Varlinskaya
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Social Preference ◽  
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure ◽  
Alcohol Exposure ◽  
Ethanol Intake ◽  
Neurological Deficits ◽  
Sprague Dawley ◽  
Single Instance ◽  
Drinking Context ◽  
High Social Anxiety

AbstractPrenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) can result in physical, cognitive, and neurological deficits termed Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Deficits in social functioning associated with PAE are frequently observed and persist throughout the lifespan. Social impairments, such as social anxiety, are associated with increased alcohol abuse, which is also highly pervasive following PAE. Yet, the relationship between PAE-induced social alterations and alcohol intake later in life is not well understood. In order to test this relationship, we exposed pregnant female Sprague Dawley rats to a single instance of PAE on gestational day 12 and tested offspring in adulthood (postnatal day 63) in a modified social interaction test followed by alternating alone and social ethanol intake sessions. Consistent with our previous findings, we found that, in general, PAE reduced social preference (measure of social anxiety-like behavior) in female but not male adults. However, ethanol intake was significantly higher in the PAE group regardless of sex. When dividing subjects according to level of social anxiety-like behavior (low, medium, or high), PAE males (under both drinking contexts) and control females (under the social drinking context) with a high social anxiety phenotype showed the highest level of ethanol intake. Taken together, these data indicate that PAE differentially affects the interactions between social anxiety, ethanol intake, and drinking context in males and females. These findings extend our understanding of the complexity and persistence of PAE’s sex-dependent effects into adulthood.

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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