Negative interpretation bias in social phobia
Negative interpretation bias in social phobia
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DOI：
10.1016/s0005-7967(98)00060-6
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发表时间：
1998-10-01
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
Coles, ME
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作者：
Amin, N;Foa, EB;Coles, ME
我们检验了这样一种假设，即与非焦虑控制组（NACs）和其他焦虑症患者（如强迫症患者）相比，广泛性社交恐惧症患者（gsp）在提供各种不同的解释时，倾向于将模棱两可的社交场景解释为消极的。研究人员向参与者展示了22个模棱两可的场景，每个场景都有三种可能的解释：积极、消极和中性。15种情景与社会相关，其余7种与社会无关。参与者被要求根据在类似情况下每种解释在他们脑海中出现的可能性以及在“典型人”脑海中出现的可能性对这三种解释进行排序。结果显示，即使存在积极的解释，gsp（而非NACs或OCs）也倾向于选择消极的解释。这种偏见只存在于自我相关的场景中。这些结果支持了一种特定的负面解释偏见可能与社交恐惧症的维持有关的假设。1998爱思唯尔科学有限公司版权所有。
We examined the hypothesis that, compared to non-anxious controls (NACs) and individuals with other anxiety disorders (e.g., individuals with obsessive compulsive disorder, OCs), individuals with generalized social phobia (GSPs) would tend to interpret ambiguous social scenarios as negative when provided with various alternative interpretations. Participants were presented with 22 ambiguous scenarios each followed by three possible interpretations: positive, negative, and neutral. Fifteen scenarios were socially relevant and the remaining 7 were nonsocially relevant. Participants were asked to rank order the three interpretations according to the likelihood that each would come to their mind and to a 'typical person's' mind in similar situations. Results revealed that GSPs (but not NACs or OCs) tended to choose a negative interpretation for ambiguous social scenarios even when a positive interpretation was available. This bias was specific to self-relevant scenarios. These results support the hypothesis that a specific negative interpretation bias may be involved in the maintenance of social phobia. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.