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The revised Stroop color-naming task in social phobics

J I Mattia1, R G Heimberg, D A Hope

  • 1Department of Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York.

Behaviour Research and Therapy
|March 1, 1993
PubMed
Summary

Social phobics exhibit slower information processing, particularly with social threat words. Successful treatment reduces this social threat interference, indicating cognitive changes in social anxiety disorder.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Cognitive Science
  • Clinical Psychology

Background:

  • Social phobia is characterized by heightened anxiety in social situations.
  • Information processing biases are hypothesized to maintain social anxiety.
  • The Stroop color-naming task is a common measure of cognitive interference.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate information processing in social phobia using the Stroop task.
  • To examine cognitive changes associated with successful social phobia treatment.

Main Methods:

  • Two experiments were conducted using a revised Stroop color-naming task.
  • Experiment 1 compared social phobics and controls on response latencies to social threat, physical threat, and color words.
  • Experiment 2 compared treatment responders and nonresponders (following cognitive-behavioral therapy, phenelzine, or placebo) on the Stroop task.

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Main Results:

  • Social phobics showed longer response latencies and greater interference with social threat words compared to controls.
  • Treatment responders demonstrated reduced interference for social threat words post-treatment, unlike nonresponders.
  • These effects were specific to social threat words, not color or physical threat words.

Conclusions:

  • Social phobia is associated with biased information processing favoring threat-related stimuli.
  • Successful treatment of social phobia leads to cognitive changes, specifically reduced attention to social threat.
  • The Stroop task can serve as a valuable tool for assessing treatment efficacy in social anxiety disorder.