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Coping with negative mental images in social anxiety disorder: Investigating the potential benefits of image morphing

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dc.contributor.authorVidovic, Vanja
dc.contributor.authorRomano, Mia
dc.contributor.authorMoscovitch, David A.
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-05T17:50:49Z
dc.date.available2020-01-05T17:50:49Z
dc.date.issued2019-01-31
dc.description.abstractNegative mental imagery contributes to symptom maintenance in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Here, we investigated the effects of image morphing, a brief mental strategy designed to facilitate access to positive images. Participants with SAD and healthy control (HC) participants were randomly assigned to receive either image morphing or supportive counseling. Although initial training and 1-week daily practice were successful in equipping morphing participants across groups with the required skill, those assigned to morphing failed to demonstrate differential improvements in positive affect, negative affect, or self-perception relative to control participants during a subsequent social stress task. Ancillary analyses revealed that the number of positive details contained in retrieved or morphed images prior to the task significantly predicted the level of positive affect reported after the task, but this effect was observed only for HC participants. We discuss the need for future research to refine innovative imagery-based psychotherapeutic strategies for social anxiety.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was undertaken thanks to funding awarded to the third author from the Canada Research Chairs Program, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/2043808718813755
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/15386
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSageen
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectcoping strategiesen
dc.subjectemotion regulationen
dc.subjectmental imageryen
dc.subjectnegative imagesen
dc.subjectsocial anxietyen
dc.titleCoping with negative mental images in social anxiety disorder: Investigating the potential benefits of image morphingen
dc.typeArticleen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationVidovic, Vanja, Mia Romano, and David A. Moscovitch. “Coping with Negative Mental Images in Social Anxiety Disorder: Investigating the Potential Benefits of Image Morphing:” Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, January 31, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1177/2043808718813755.en
uws.contributor.affiliation1Faculty of Artsen
uws.contributor.affiliation2Psychologyen
uws.peerReviewStatusRevieweden
uws.scholarLevelFacultyen
uws.scholarLevelPost-Doctorateen
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten

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