| Memory bias against threat in social phobia. | |
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PMID: 11931679 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVES: The present study examined whether social phobia is an anxiety disorder associated with a memory bias toward threat. DESIGN: Social phobic (N = 16) and non-anxious (N = 17) individuals were compared on their recall of evaluative threat and neutral prose passage content. METHOD: Participants were presented with two evaluative threat and two neutral prose passages and completed an immediate free recall task after each trial. RESULTS: Contrary to expectation, individuals with social phobia recalled a smaller percentage of units from the evaluative threat passages than non-anxious individuals. CONCLUSION: Consistent with the vigilance-avoidance theory, it is suggested that social phobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by the avoidance of elaborate processing of threatening material. |
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Authors:
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Amy Wenzel; Craig S Holt |
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Type: Clinical Trial; Controlled Clinical Trial; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The British journal of clinical psychology / the British Psychological Society Volume: 41 ISSN: 0144-6657 ISO Abbreviation: Br J Clin Psychol Publication Date: 2002 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2002-04-04 Completed Date: 2002-06-04 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8105533 Medline TA: Br J Clin Psychol Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 73-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Psychology, University of North Dakota, PO Box 8380, Grand Forks, ND 58202-8380, USA. |
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Adult Analysis of Variance Female Humans Male Mental Recall* Phobic Disorders / psychology* |
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