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Fears of receiving compassion from others predict safety behaviour use in social anxiety disorder over and above fears of negative self-portrayal

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dc.contributor.authorHo, Jolie T.K.
dc.contributor.authorDupasquier, Jessica R.
dc.contributor.authorScarfe, Molly L.
dc.contributor.authorMoscovitch, David A.
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-14T15:41:47Z
dc.date.available2021-05-14T15:41:47Z
dc.date.issued2021-05
dc.descriptionThe final publication is available at Elsevier via http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2021.102387. © 2021. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.description.abstractWhy do people with social anxiety disorder (SAD) engage in the use of safety behaviours? While past research has established that fears of negative self-portrayal are strongly associated with safety behaviour use in SAD, no research to date has investigated the potential role of fears of receiving compassion. Both types of fears could motivate those with SAD to engage in safety behaviours in order to keep others at a distance. In the present study, 150 participants with a clinical diagnosis of SAD completed measures of fears of negative self-portrayal, fears of receiving compassion, and safety behaviour use. Multiple regression analyses revealed that when controlling for self-portrayal fears, fears of receiving compassion significantly predicted increased use of safety behaviours overall, as well as the use of avoidance and impression management subtypes. Furthermore, there was a significant interaction effect in which greater fears of receiving compassion predicted greater use of impression management at lower levels of self-portrayal fears. We discuss the implications of our findings for addressing safety behaviours in the treatment of SAD.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors wish to thank the members of the Anxiety Studies Division of the University of Waterloo Centre for Mental Health Research and Treatment for their work in data collection. This work was supported by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada project grant to author DM [Insight Grant 435-2018-0959].en
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2021.102387
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/16988
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJournal of Anxiety Disorders;80
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)*
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectsocial anxietyen
dc.subjectself-portrayalen
dc.subjectcompassionen
dc.subjectsafety behavioursen
dc.subjectimpression managementen
dc.subjectavoidanceen
dc.titleFears of receiving compassion from others predict safety behaviour use in social anxiety disorder over and above fears of negative self-portrayalen
dc.typeArticleen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHo, J. T. K., Dupasquier, J. R., Scarfe, M. L., & Moscovitch, D. A. (2021). Fears of receiving compassion from others predict safety behaviour use in social anxiety disorder over and above fears of negative self-portrayal. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 80, 102387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2021.102387en
uws.contributor.affiliation1Faculty of Artsen
uws.contributor.affiliation2Centre for Mental Health Research (CMHR)en
uws.contributor.affiliation2Psychologyen
uws.peerReviewStatusRevieweden
uws.scholarLevelFacultyen
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen
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