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Justin W. Weeks - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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targeting fear of Positive Evaluation in patients with social anxiety disorder via a brief cognitive behavioural therapy protocol a proof of principle study
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 2020Co-Authors: Justin W. Weeks, Taylor M Wilmer, Carrie M Potter, Elizabeth M Waldron, Mark V Versella, Simona C Kaplan, Dane Jensen, Richard G. HeimbergAbstract:BACKGROUND Our aim was to develop a brief cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) protocol to augment treatment for social anxiety disorder (SAD). This protocol focused specifically upon fear of Positive Evaluation (FPE). To our knowledge, this is the first protocol that has been designed to systematically target FPE. AIMS To test the feasibility of a brief (two-session) CBT protocol for FPE and report proof-of-principle data in the form of effect sizes. METHOD Seven patients with a principal diagnosis of SAD were recruited to participate. Following a pre-treatment assessment, patients were randomized to either (a) an immediate CBT condition (n = 3), or (b) a comparable wait-list (WL) period (2 weeks; n = 4). Two WL patients also completed the CBT protocol following the WL period (delayed CBT condition). Patients completed follow-up assessments 1 week after completing the protocol. RESULTS A total of five patients completed the brief, FPE-specific CBT protocol (two of the seven patients were wait-listed only and did not complete delayed CBT). All five patients completed the protocol and provided 1-week follow-up data. CBT patients demonstrated large reductions in FPE-related concerns as well as overall social anxiety symptoms, whereas WL patients demonstrated an increase in FPE-related concerns. CONCLUSIONS Our brief FPE-specific CBT protocol is feasible to use and was associated with large FPE-specific and social anxiety symptom reductions. To our knowledge, this is the first treatment report that has focused on systematic treatment of FPE in patients with SAD. Our protocol warrants further controlled Evaluation.
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convergent incremental and criterion related validity of multi informant assessments of adolescents fears of negative and Positive Evaluation
Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 2018Co-Authors: Jeremy N Karp, Justin W. Weeks, Bridget A. Makol, Sarah J. Racz, Lauren M Keeley, Noor Qasmieh, Danielle E Deros, Melanie F Lipton, Tara M Augenstein, Andres De Los ReyesAbstract:Adolescents who experience social anxiety tend to hold fears about negative Evaluations (e.g., taunting) and may also hold fears about Positive Evaluations (e.g., praise from a teacher). The Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation (BFNE) scale and Fear of Positive Evaluation Scale (FPES) are 2 widely used measures of adults' evaluative concerns. Yet we know little about their psychometric properties when assessing adolescents. In a mixed clinical/community sample of 96 adolescents (66.7% female; M = 14.50 years, SD = 0.50; 63.3% African American), we examined both self-report and parent report versions of the BFNE and FPES. Adolescents and parents also provided reports about adolescents on survey measures of social anxiety and depressive symptoms. Adolescents participated in multiple social interactions in which they self-reported their state arousal before and during the tasks. Adolescent and parent BFNE and FPES reports distinguished adolescents who displayed elevated social anxiety from those who did not. Both informants' reports related to survey measures of adolescent social anxiety, when accounting for domains that commonly co-occur with social anxiety (i.e., depressive symptoms). Further, both the BFNE and FPES displayed incremental validity in relation to survey measures of adolescent social anxiety, relative to each other. However, only adolescents' BFNE and FPES reports predicted adolescents' self-reported arousal within social interactions, and only adolescents' FPES displayed incremental validity in predicting self-reported arousal, relative to their BFNE. Adolescent and parent BFNE and FPES reports display convergent validity and in some cases incremental and criterion-related validity. These findings have important implications for evidence-based assessments of adolescents' evaluative concerns.
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problematic smartphone use and relations with negative affect fear of missing out and fear of negative and Positive Evaluation
Psychiatry Research-neuroimaging, 2017Co-Authors: Claire A Wolniewicz, Justin W. Weeks, Jon D Elhai, Mojisola F TiamiyuAbstract:Abstract For many individuals, excessive smartphone use interferes with everyday life. In the present study, we recruited a non-clinical sample of 296 participants for a cross-sectional survey of problematic smartphone use, social and non-social smartphone use, and psychopathology-related constructs including negative affect, fear of negative and Positive Evaluation, and fear of missing out (FoMO). Results demonstrated that FoMO was most strongly related to both problematic smartphone use and social smartphone use relative to negative affect and fears of negative and Positive Evaluation, and these relations held when controlling for age and gender. Furthermore, FoMO (cross-sectionally) mediated relations between both fear of negative and Positive Evaluation with both problematic and social smartphone use. Theoretical implications are considered with regard to developing problematic smartphone use.
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social anxiety disorder and quality of life how fears of negative and Positive Evaluation relate to specific domains of life satisfaction
Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 2016Co-Authors: Taylor M Dryman, Justin W. Weeks, Shani Gardner, Richard G. HeimbergAbstract:Abstract Individuals with social anxiety disorder (SAD) experience functional impairment in social, educational, and occupational arenas, contributing to poor quality of life. Previous research using the Quality of Life Inventory (QOLI) has identified four distinct domains of quality of life among individuals with SAD: Achievement, Personal Growth, Social Functioning, and Surroundings. The present study was designed to investigate how fear of negative Evaluation (FNE) and fear of Positive Evaluation (FPE) relate to the four QOLI domains among individuals with SAD. We also examined the relationships of FNE and FPE to Satisfaction and Importance ratings on the QOLI. Individuals with SAD ( N = 129) completed a battery of questionnaires prior to initiating treatment. FNE and FPE showed distinct relationships with the four QOLI domains, even after controlling for demographic characteristics and comorbid depression. Both FNE and FPE were associated with ratings of Satisfaction with the QOLI domains, but neither was associated with ratings of Importance. Our findings highlight the differential impacts of FNE and FPE on SAD. Treatment implications are discussed.
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replication and extension of a hierarchical model of social anxiety and depression fear of Positive Evaluation as a key unique factor in social anxiety
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 2015Co-Authors: Justin W. WeeksAbstract:Wang, Hsu, Chiu, and Liang (2012, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 26, 215-224) recently proposed a hierarchical model of social interaction anxiety and depression to account for both the commonalities and distinctions between these conditions. In the present paper, this model was extended to more broadly encompass the symptoms of social anxiety disorder, and replicated in a large unselected, undergraduate sample (n = 585). Structural equation modeling (SEM) and hierarchical regression analyses were employed. Negative affect and Positive affect were conceptualized as general factors shared by social anxiety and depression; fear of negative Evaluation (FNE) and disqualification of Positive social outcomes were operationalized as specific factors, and fear of Positive Evaluation (FPE) was operationalized as a factor unique to social anxiety. This extended hierarchical model explicates structural relationships among these factors, in which the higher-level, general factors (i.e., high negative affect and low Positive affect) represent vulnerability markers of both social anxiety and depression, and the lower-level factors (i.e., FNE, disqualification of Positive social outcomes, and FPE) are the dimensions of specific cognitive features. Results from SEM and hierarchical regression analyses converged in support of the extended model. FPE is further supported as a key symptom that differentiates social anxiety from depression.
Katerina Pouliasi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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biculturalism and group identification the mediating role of identification in cultural frame switching
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2006Co-Authors: Maykel Verkuyten, Katerina PouliasiAbstract:This article discusses a study that examined cultural frame switching among bicultural Greek participants living in the Netherlands. The research demonstrated that self-Evaluations, self-stereotypes, and attitudes toward family integrity and friendship were affected by cultural framing. Experimentally primed bicultural participants and monocultural comparison groups in the Netherlands and Greece were used. Activating Greek culture especially, in comparison to activating Dutch culture, led to a less Positive Evaluation of the personal self, stronger Greek self-stereotyping, and stronger endorsement of family integrity and friendship. Similar differences were found when comparing monocultural Dutch and monocultural Greek participants. In addition, cultural priming affected group identification, which was found to be associated with perceptions and attitudes. The pattern of results suggests that group identification, in part, mediates the relationship between cultural framing and perceptual and evaluative responses. It is concluded that social identity principles are important for understanding the experiences of bicultural individuals.
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biculturalism among older children cultural frame switching attributions self identification and attitudes
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2002Co-Authors: Maykel Verkuyten, Katerina PouliasiAbstract:This study examines cultural frame switching among bicultural Greek children between the ages of 9 and 12 living in the Netherlands. By means of experimentally primed bicultural children and the use of monocultural comparison groups in the Netherlands and Greece, it was demonstrated that social explanations, self-identification, and attitudes toward family integrity and obedience were affected by cultural identity salience. Compared to Dutch identity salience, activating Greek identity especially led to more external attributions, stronger identification with friends, a more Positive Evaluation of social identity, and a less Positive Evaluation of personal identity. Similar tendencies were found for the attitude measures. In addition, similar differences were found when comparing monocultural Dutch and monocultural Greek children. It is concluded that this kind of experimental study and its results help to improve our understanding of the experiences of bicultural individuals and the way culture influence...
Richard G. Heimberg - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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targeting fear of Positive Evaluation in patients with social anxiety disorder via a brief cognitive behavioural therapy protocol a proof of principle study
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 2020Co-Authors: Justin W. Weeks, Taylor M Wilmer, Carrie M Potter, Elizabeth M Waldron, Mark V Versella, Simona C Kaplan, Dane Jensen, Richard G. HeimbergAbstract:BACKGROUND Our aim was to develop a brief cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) protocol to augment treatment for social anxiety disorder (SAD). This protocol focused specifically upon fear of Positive Evaluation (FPE). To our knowledge, this is the first protocol that has been designed to systematically target FPE. AIMS To test the feasibility of a brief (two-session) CBT protocol for FPE and report proof-of-principle data in the form of effect sizes. METHOD Seven patients with a principal diagnosis of SAD were recruited to participate. Following a pre-treatment assessment, patients were randomized to either (a) an immediate CBT condition (n = 3), or (b) a comparable wait-list (WL) period (2 weeks; n = 4). Two WL patients also completed the CBT protocol following the WL period (delayed CBT condition). Patients completed follow-up assessments 1 week after completing the protocol. RESULTS A total of five patients completed the brief, FPE-specific CBT protocol (two of the seven patients were wait-listed only and did not complete delayed CBT). All five patients completed the protocol and provided 1-week follow-up data. CBT patients demonstrated large reductions in FPE-related concerns as well as overall social anxiety symptoms, whereas WL patients demonstrated an increase in FPE-related concerns. CONCLUSIONS Our brief FPE-specific CBT protocol is feasible to use and was associated with large FPE-specific and social anxiety symptom reductions. To our knowledge, this is the first treatment report that has focused on systematic treatment of FPE in patients with SAD. Our protocol warrants further controlled Evaluation.
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social anxiety disorder and quality of life how fears of negative and Positive Evaluation relate to specific domains of life satisfaction
Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 2016Co-Authors: Taylor M Dryman, Justin W. Weeks, Shani Gardner, Richard G. HeimbergAbstract:Abstract Individuals with social anxiety disorder (SAD) experience functional impairment in social, educational, and occupational arenas, contributing to poor quality of life. Previous research using the Quality of Life Inventory (QOLI) has identified four distinct domains of quality of life among individuals with SAD: Achievement, Personal Growth, Social Functioning, and Surroundings. The present study was designed to investigate how fear of negative Evaluation (FNE) and fear of Positive Evaluation (FPE) relate to the four QOLI domains among individuals with SAD. We also examined the relationships of FNE and FPE to Satisfaction and Importance ratings on the QOLI. Individuals with SAD ( N = 129) completed a battery of questionnaires prior to initiating treatment. FNE and FPE showed distinct relationships with the four QOLI domains, even after controlling for demographic characteristics and comorbid depression. Both FNE and FPE were associated with ratings of Satisfaction with the QOLI domains, but neither was associated with ratings of Importance. Our findings highlight the differential impacts of FNE and FPE on SAD. Treatment implications are discussed.
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the fear of Positive Evaluation scale assessing a proposed cognitive component of social anxiety
Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 2008Co-Authors: Justin W. Weeks, Richard G. Heimberg, Thomas L. RodebaughAbstract:Abstract Cognitive–behavioral models propose that fear of negative Evaluation is the core feature of social anxiety disorder. However, it may be that fear of Evaluation in general is important in social anxiety, including fears of Positive as well as negative Evaluation. To test this hypothesis, we developed the Fear of Positive Evaluation Scale (FPES) and conducted analyses to examine the psychometric properties of the FPES, as well as test hypotheses regarding the construct of fear of Positive Evaluation (FPE). Responses from a large (n = 1711) undergraduate sample were utilized. The reliability, construct validity, and factorial validity of the FPES were examined; the distinction of FPE from fear of negative Evaluation was evaluated utilizing confirmatory factor analysis; and the ability of FPE to predict social interaction anxiety above and beyond fear of negative Evaluation was assessed. Results provide preliminary support for the psychometric properties of the FPES and the validity of the construct of FPE. The implications of FPE with respect to the study and treatment of social anxiety disorder are discussed.
Maykel Verkuyten - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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biculturalism and group identification the mediating role of identification in cultural frame switching
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2006Co-Authors: Maykel Verkuyten, Katerina PouliasiAbstract:This article discusses a study that examined cultural frame switching among bicultural Greek participants living in the Netherlands. The research demonstrated that self-Evaluations, self-stereotypes, and attitudes toward family integrity and friendship were affected by cultural framing. Experimentally primed bicultural participants and monocultural comparison groups in the Netherlands and Greece were used. Activating Greek culture especially, in comparison to activating Dutch culture, led to a less Positive Evaluation of the personal self, stronger Greek self-stereotyping, and stronger endorsement of family integrity and friendship. Similar differences were found when comparing monocultural Dutch and monocultural Greek participants. In addition, cultural priming affected group identification, which was found to be associated with perceptions and attitudes. The pattern of results suggests that group identification, in part, mediates the relationship between cultural framing and perceptual and evaluative responses. It is concluded that social identity principles are important for understanding the experiences of bicultural individuals.
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biculturalism among older children cultural frame switching attributions self identification and attitudes
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2002Co-Authors: Maykel Verkuyten, Katerina PouliasiAbstract:This study examines cultural frame switching among bicultural Greek children between the ages of 9 and 12 living in the Netherlands. By means of experimentally primed bicultural children and the use of monocultural comparison groups in the Netherlands and Greece, it was demonstrated that social explanations, self-identification, and attitudes toward family integrity and obedience were affected by cultural identity salience. Compared to Dutch identity salience, activating Greek identity especially led to more external attributions, stronger identification with friends, a more Positive Evaluation of social identity, and a less Positive Evaluation of personal identity. Similar tendencies were found for the attitude measures. In addition, similar differences were found when comparing monocultural Dutch and monocultural Greek children. It is concluded that this kind of experimental study and its results help to improve our understanding of the experiences of bicultural individuals and the way culture influence...
Dario Paez - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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between remembering and forgetting the years of political violence psychosocial impact of the truth and reconciliation commission in peru
Political Psychology, 2017Co-Authors: Agustin Espinosa, Dario Paez, Tesania Velazquez, Rosa Maria Cueto, Evelyn Seminario, Salvador Antonio Mireles Sandoval, Felix Reategui, Iris JaveAbstract:This article analyzes the association between knowledge of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), Evaluation of TRC's achievements, experience of victimization, attitudes toward remembering and forgetting past political violence, perceptions of socioemotional climate (SEC), belief in forgiveness and attitudes toward violence in Peru based on a study conducted in three Peruvian cities with different rates of victimization due to political violence during 1980–2000 (n = 1200). Results showed that a Positive attitude toward remembering the past of political violence was predominant and related to a Positive Evaluation of TRC's achievements. Attitude toward remembering also has an ambivalent collective effect increasing both Positive and negative SECs, and it is less accepted by victims of political violence. On the other hand, attitude toward forgetting is less accepted by participants, and it also has an ambivalent effect by increasing Positive and negative SECs. Attitude toward forgetting has more societal costs, since it is related to attitudes toward violence and decreased knowledge and a Positive Evaluation of TRC. In general, findings suggest that remembering traumatic events has an emotional cost, but also it is shown that remembering seems to be more beneficial for society in the long-term than forgetting.
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heroes and villains of world history across cultures
PLOS ONE, 2015Co-Authors: Katja Hanke, Dario Paez, James H Liu, Chris G Sibley, Stanley O Gaines, Gail Moloney, Chanhoong Leong, Wolfgang Wagner, Laurent Licata, Olivier KleinAbstract:Emergent properties of global political culture were examined using data from the World History Survey (WHS) involving 6,902 university students in 37 countries evaluating 40 figures from world history. Multidimensional scaling and factor analysis techniques found only limited forms of universality in Evaluations across Western, Catholic/Orthodox, Muslim, and Asian country clusters. The highest consensus across cultures involved scientific innovators, with Einstein having the most Positive Evaluation overall. Peaceful humanitarians like Mother Theresa and Gandhi followed. There was much less cross-cultural consistency in the Evaluation of negative figures, led by Hitler, Osama bin Laden, and Saddam Hussein. After more traditional empirical methods (e.g., factor analysis) failed to identify meaningful cross-cultural patterns, Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) was used to identify four global representational profiles: Secular and Religious Idealists were overwhelmingly prevalent in Christian countries, and Political Realists were common in Muslim and Asian countries. We discuss possible consequences and interpretations of these different representational profiles.
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remembering world war ii and willingness to fight sociocultural factors in the social representation of historical warfare across 22 societies
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2008Co-Authors: Dario Paez, James H Liu, Elza Maria Techio, Patricia Slawuta, Anya Zlobina, Rosa CabecinhasAbstract:Students from 22 nations answered a survey on the most important events in world history. At the national level, free recalling and a Positive Evaluation of World War II (WWII) were associated with World Values Survey willingness to fight for the country in a war and being a victorious nation. Willingness to fight, a more benign Evaluation of WWII, and recall of WWII were associated with nation-level scores on power distance and low postmaterialism, suggesting that values stressing obedience and competition between nations are associated with support for collective violence, whereas values of expressive individualism are negatively related. Internal political violence was unrelated to willingness to fight, excluding direct learning as an explanation of legitimization of violence. Recall of wars in general (operationalized by WWI recall) was also unrelated to willingness to fight. Results replicate and extend Archer and Gartner's classic study showing the legitimization of violence by war to the domain of ...
