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Implicit associations and social anxiety.

Peter Westberg1, Lars-Gunnar Lundh, Peter Jönsson

  • 1Department of Psychology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
|March 17, 2007
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The Implicit Association Test (IAT) effectively measured social anxiety, showing increased scores after a public speaking task and correlating with higher trait social anxiety levels.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology

Background:

  • Social anxiety is a prevalent condition affecting many individuals.
  • Previous research explored trait social anxiety and experimental inductions.
  • The Implicit Association Test (IAT) measures automatic associations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To validate the Implicit Association Test (IAT) for social anxiety research.
  • To assess IAT sensitivity to trait social anxiety.
  • To evaluate IAT response to experimental social anxiety induction.

Main Methods:

  • A partial replication of the Mauss et al. (2004) study.
  • Inclusion of an Implicit Association Test (IAT) using social anxiety-related words.
  • Experimental social anxiety induction via an impromptu speech task.

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  • Measurement of self-rated and physiological anxiety responses.

    • Main Results:

    • Replication of Mauss et al. (2004) findings on self-rated and physiological anxiety.
    • Social anxiety induction increased self-rated and physiological anxiety.
    • Higher trait social anxiety correlated with greater self-rated anxiety.
    • IAT social anxiety scores increased after induction and with higher trait anxiety.

    Conclusions:

    • The Implicit Association Test (IAT) is sensitive to both trait and induced social anxiety.
    • IAT may serve as a valuable tool for studying automatic evaluational processes in social anxiety.
    • Findings support the use of IAT in experimental social anxiety research.