ABSTRACT

Recent studies have shown that decentring protects against social anxiety, but no research to date has explored the way it interacts with cognitive risk factors for social anxiety. The present study aimed to examine decentring as a moderator of the association of anticipatory and post-event processing with social anxiety. An unselected student sample (N = 444) completed questionnaires assessing anticipatory/post-event processing, decentring, and social anxiety. The data were analysed with structural equation modelling and the latent moderated structural equations (LMS) method. Results supported the moderating role of decentring in the relationship of anticipatory processing and social anxiety, but did not find evidence of moderation for the association of post-event processing and social anxiety, after accounting for the role of anticipatory processing. Limitations and clinical implications for the protective effects of decentring on social anxiety are discussed.

摘要

最近的研究表明，去中心化可以防止社交焦虑，但迄今为止还没有研究探索它与社交焦虑的认知风险因素相互作用的方式。本研究旨在检查去中心化作为预期和事后处理与社交焦虑关联的调节器。一个未选择的学生样本（N = 444) 完成了评估预期/事后处理、去中心化和社交焦虑的问卷。使用结构方程模型和潜在缓和结构方程 (LMS) 方法分析数据。结果支持去中心化在预期加工和社交焦虑的关系中的调节作用，但在考虑预期加工的作用后，没有发现事后加工和社交焦虑之间的调节作用的证据。讨论了去中心化对社交焦虑的保护作用的局限性和临床意义。