This study examined the impact of positive or negative interpersonal feedback on
standard-setting, affect, and motivational concerns, within the framework of selfregulation
theories of social anxiety. Thirty-two individuals who met Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (rev. 3rd ed.; American Psychiatric
Association, 1987) criteria for social phobia and 32 nonclinical controls
participated in a successful or unsuccessful conversation with an assistant.
Subjects rated two aspects of self-regulation (self-efficacy and standards), positive
and negative affect, and motivational concerns. Consistent with predictions,
socially phobic subjects displayed a discrepancy between what they believed they
could achieve (efficacy) and what they believed others expected of them (standard)
and the magnitude of this discrepancy increased when they had succeeded at the
social task. In addition, anxious subjects reported higher levels of positive affect
after experiencing social success than they did after experiencing social failure but
they did not relinquish protective concerns. There was no evidence that socially
phobic subjects were distressed by social success but the results illuminate
dysfunctional standard-setting. Specifically, socially phobic individuals perceive
larger discrepancies between their ability and expectations following success than
they do following failure. / Arts, Faculty of / Psychology, Department of / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UBC/oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/6952 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Wallace, Scott Taylor |
| Source Sets | University of British Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis/Dissertation |
| Format | 1285150 bytes, application/pdf |
| Rights | For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use. |
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