Social Anxiety Disorder and Emotion Regulation

社交焦虑症与情绪调节

• 批准号: 7145811
• 负责人: TODD B KASHDAN
• 金额: $ 18.41万
• 依托单位: GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-15 至 2008-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7145811
• 关键词: anxiety disorders; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; data collection methodology /evaluation; emotional adjustment; gender difference; human subject; interpersonal relations; interview; mental disorder diagnosis; personal log /diary; quality of life; social behavior disorders; social perception

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed research seeks to identify characteristics and processes that potentially contribute to the persistence and disability of Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD). There is growing evidence that anhedonic processes (e.g., diminished pleasure) apply to excessive social anxiety and not just depression. We will test a model suggesting that normal feelings of social anxiety transform into pathology when individuals engage in rigid and inflexible internal struggles to regulate and avoid anxious experiences. The devotion of enormous time and energy toward experiential avoidance may interfere with movement toward pleasurable and valued directions. The proposed research will address limitations of prior work including an over- reliance on global self-reports, analogue samples, and an absence of theory. In the present study, individuals with SAD will be compared to a non-disordered control group. Cellular phones with interactive voice response (IVR) systems will be used to collect real-time data in each individual's natural environment for 14 consecutive days (e.g., self-monitoring of social anxiety and experiential avoidance during and after social interactions). IVR reporting will occur after each social interaction lasting at least 10 minutes, during random daily prompts, and at end-of-day interviews. Participants will self-monitor daily social anxiety, emotion regulation strategies (e.g., suppression), experiential avoidance, attentional focus, affect, life events, and other variables (e.g., perceived intimacy). After the 14 days of IVR reporting, data will be collected on each interaction partner (e.g., relationship quality). It is hypothesized that: (1) individuals with SAD will report diminished positive experiences, fewer positive events, and these relations will be moderated by social context (e.g., greater versus lower social status of interaction partner) and experiential avoidance (i.e., individuals with SAD reporting greater struggles to suppress and avoid anxious experiences will report particularly diminished positive experiences), (2) greater social anxiety during social interactions will be related to diminished positive experiences and more experiential avoidance, (3) experiential avoidance will mediate relationships between SAD and positive outcomes, and (4) effects will not be the result of comorbidity. This research will identify the experiences and processes of individuals with and without SAD in everyday life. Findings could ultimately lead to the development of more effective intervention efforts.

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的研究旨在确定可能导致社交焦虑症（SAD）持续存在和残疾的特征和过程。越来越多的证据表明，快感缺失过程（例如，快乐减少）适用于过度社交焦虑，而不仅仅是抑郁症。我们将测试一个模型，该模型表明，当个体进行严格且不灵活的内部斗争以调节和避免焦虑体验时，正常的社交焦虑感就会转变为病态。投入大量时间和精力进行体验性回避可能会妨碍人们朝着愉快和有价值的方向前进。拟议的研究将解决先前工作的局限性，包括过度依赖全球自我报告、模拟样本和缺乏理论。在本研究中，将患有季节性情感障碍的个体与正常对照组进行比较。带有交互式语音应答 (IVR) 系统的手机将用于连续 14 天收集每个人自然环境中的实时数据（例如，在社交互动期间和之后自我监控社交焦虑和体验性回避）。 IVR 报告将在每次持续至少 10 分钟的社交互动后、每日随机提示期间以及日终访谈时进行。参与者将自我监控日常社交焦虑、情绪调节策略（例如抑制）、体验性回避、注意力集中、情感、生活事件和其他变量（例如感知的亲密感）。 14 天的 IVR 报告后，将收集每个互动伙伴的数据（例如关系质量）。假设：（1）患有 SAD 的个体会报告积极体验减少，积极事件减少，并且这些关系将受到社会背景（例如，互动伙伴的社会地位较高或较低）和体验性回避（即，患有 SAD 的个体报告更努力地抑制和避免焦虑经历，会报告积极体验特别减少），（2）社交互动期间更大的社交焦虑将与积极体验的减少和更多 经验性回避，(3) 经验性回避将调节 SAD 和积极结果之间的关系，(4) 影响不会是合并症的结果。这项研究将确定患有和未患有季节性情绪失调的个人在日常生活中的经历和过程。研究结果最终可能导致制定更有效的干预措施。