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Ruminative coping and post-event processing in social anxiety.

Nancy L Kocovski1, Norman S Endler, Neil A Rector

  • 1Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Ont., Canada M3J 1P3. nancy_kocovski@camh.net

Behaviour Research and Therapy
|June 22, 2005
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Individuals with high social anxiety ruminate more and use less distraction after social events. They also have more negative thoughts and upward counterfactual thinking, worsening social anxiety.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Cognitive Psychology

Background:

  • Cognitive models explain social anxiety through factors like anticipatory and post-event processing.
  • Post-event processing involves ruminative analysis after social events, maintaining social anxiety.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the content of post-event processing in individuals with varying levels of social anxiety.
  • To investigate the relationship between social anxiety, rumination, distraction, and thought content after social stressors.

Main Methods:

  • 112 participants (64 women, 48 men) were presented with vignettes of public mistakes.
  • Participants recorded their thoughts; ruminative coping and distraction were assessed via self-report.

Main Results:

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  • High social anxiety participants were more prone to rumination and less to distraction.
  • Compared to low social anxiety individuals, high social anxiety participants reported more negative thoughts.
  • Participants high in social anxiety exhibited more upward counterfactual thinking ('if only' thoughts).

Conclusions:

  • Post-event processing, particularly rumination and upward counterfactuals, plays a significant role in maintaining social anxiety.
  • Findings support cognitive models by highlighting specific thought patterns in socially anxious individuals.