Disentangling the effects of attentional difficulties on fears of social evaluation and social anxiety symptoms: Unique interactions with sluggish cognitive tempo

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dc.contributor.authorFredrick, Joseph W.
dc.contributor.authorBecker, Stephen P.
dc.contributor.authorKofler, Michael J.
dc.contributor.authorJarrett, Matthew A.
dc.contributor.authorBurns, G. Leonard
dc.contributor.authorLuebbe, Aaron M.
dc.contributor.otherMiami University
dc.contributor.otherCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Cincinnati
dc.contributor.otherFlorida State University
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.contributor.otherWashington State University
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-28T20:40:09Z
dc.date.available2023-09-28T20:40:09Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractAlthough fears of negative and positive social evaluation are hallmark cognitive features of social anxiety, attentional difficulties may exacerbate the relation between fears of social evaluation and social anxiety. Thus, the goal of the current study was to test whether two different types of self-reported attentional difficulties, specifically sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) inattention symptoms, moderate the relation between fears of social evaluation and social anxiety. Participants (N = 4756; Mage = 19.28 years; 72.7% female) enrolled in five universities across the United States completed self-report measures of fears of negative and positive evaluation and psychopathology symptoms. Results indicated a significant two-way interaction of fear of negative evaluation and SCT in relation to social anxiety symptoms, as well as a significant two-way interaction of fear of positive evaluation and SCT in relation to social anxiety symptoms. In both instances, the associations between fears of negative and positive evaluation in relation to social anxiety became increasingly stronger at higher levels of SCT. Conversely, the interactions between fears of negative and positive evaluation with ADHD inattentive symptoms were non-significant. These results are the first to report that self-reported SCT, but not ADHD inattentive symptoms, exacerbate the relation between fears of social evaluation and social anxiety, and suggest that attentional difficulties characteristic of SCT may prolong engagement in fears.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationFredrick, J. W., Becker, S. P., Kofler, M. J., Jarrett, M. A., Burns, G. L., & Luebbe, A. M. (2020). Disentangling the effects of attentional difficulties on fears of social evaluation and social anxiety symptoms: Unique interactions with sluggish cognitive tempo. In Journal of Psychiatric Research (Vol. 131, pp. 39–46). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.08.030
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.08.030
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9046-5183
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5602-7585
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8604-3647
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4617-8552
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4984-9411
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7267-7836
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/11743
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherPergamon
dc.subjectSluggish cognitive tempo
dc.subjectAttention-deficit
dc.subjecthyperactivity disorder
dc.subjectFears of social evaluation
dc.subjectSocial anxiety
dc.subjectPOSITIVE EVALUATION
dc.subjectDEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
dc.subjectEVALUATION-SCALE
dc.subjectDISENGAGEMENT
dc.subjectCOMORBIDITY
dc.subjectPERFORMANCE
dc.subjectIMPAIRMENT
dc.subjectRUMINATION
dc.subjectVALIDITY
dc.subjectTHOUGHT
dc.subjectPsychiatry
dc.titleDisentangling the effects of attentional difficulties on fears of social evaluation and social anxiety symptoms: Unique interactions with sluggish cognitive tempoen_US
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