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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Background:

  • Graded exposure therapy effectively treats specific phobias but is less successful for social anxiety disorder.
  • Post-event processing (PEP), characterized by negative self-referential thinking after social events, may impede desensitization to social fears.
  • Existing reviews on PEP are dated or limited, necessitating an updated synthesis of contemporary research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide a comprehensive scoping review of current research on post-event processing (PEP) in social anxiety disorder.
  • To synthesize knowledge on PEP's evolving role in cognitive models, its features, eliciting situations, and relation to other psychological constructs.
  • To identify gaps in the literature and suggest future research directions for understanding and treating social anxiety.

Main Methods:

  • Scoping review of contemporary research on post-event processing (PEP).
  • Analysis of PEP's role in cognitive models of social anxiety disorder.
  • Examination of PEP's core features, eliciting situations, and associations with memory, performance appraisal, and self-focused attention.

Main Results:

  • Post-event processing (PEP) is more common after performance situations than social interactions.
  • PEP is linked to negative memory biases and a bidirectional relationship with worsening performance appraisals.
  • Self-focused attention may precipitate post-event processing.

Conclusions:

  • Post-event processing (PEP) plays a significant role in the maintenance of social anxiety disorder.
  • Further research is needed to clarify the causal role of PEP in social anxiety development and identify factors influencing its detrimental effects.
  • Understanding PEP is crucial for developing more effective interventions for social anxiety disorder.