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Social phobia, fear of negative evaluation and harm avoidance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

M. Faytout ,
J. Tignol ,
J. Swendsen ,
D. Grabot ,
B. Aouizerate  and
J.P. Lépine
M. Faytout*
Affiliation:
Adult Psychiatry Service, Hôpital Charles Perrens, Bordeaux, France Laboratory of Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology, University of Bordeaux 2, 3 ter, place de la Victoire, 33076Bordeaux cedex, France
J. Tignol
Affiliation:
Adult Psychiatry Service, Hôpital Charles Perrens, Bordeaux, France
J. Swendsen
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology, University of Bordeaux 2, 3 ter, place de la Victoire, 33076Bordeaux cedex, France
D. Grabot
Affiliation:
Adult Psychiatry Service, Hôpital Charles Perrens, Bordeaux, France
B. Aouizerate
Affiliation:
Adult Psychiatry Service, Hôpital Charles Perrens, Bordeaux, France
J.P. Lépine
Affiliation:
Adult Psychiatry Service, Hôpital Fernand Widal, Paris, France
*
*Corresponding author. Laboratory of Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology, University of Bordeaux 2, 3 ter, place de la Victoire, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France. E-mail address: [email protected] (M. Faytout).
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Abstract

This naturalistic, prospective investigation examined the role of fear of negative evaluation and the personality trait of harm avoidance in the anxiety levels of treated social phobia patients. One hundred and fifty-seven patients with DSM-IV social phobia were assessed before starting treatment and were then followed for up to two years. As expected, greater fear of negative evaluation and higher scores of harm avoidance were associated with greater anxiety at the 6 month follow-up, and harm avoidance remained a significant predictor at 24 months. However, no evidence was found for an interaction between the personality and cognitive variables examined. The findings are discussed in terms of the relative independence of these factors, as well as their potential implications for the treatment of this disorder.

Keywords

Social phobiaCognitionFear of negative evaluationHarm avoidance
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Original article
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European Psychiatry , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , March 2007 , pp. 75 - 79
Copyright
Copyright © Elsevier Masson SAS 2006

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