TY - JOUR
T1 - Attentional focus and causal attributions in social phobia
T2 - Implications from social psychology
AU - Hope, Debra A.
AU - Gansler, David A.
AU - Heimberg, Richard G.
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - This article reviews the social psychological literature on attentional focus and causal attributions as they apply to social phobia. Excessive self-focused attention is increased by physiological arousal, interferes with task performance under some conditions, increases the probability of internal attributions, and intensifies emotional reactions. Social anxiety is also associated with a reversal of the self-serving bias for causal attributions. Implications of these findings for the maintenance and treatment of social phobia are discussed.
AB - This article reviews the social psychological literature on attentional focus and causal attributions as they apply to social phobia. Excessive self-focused attention is increased by physiological arousal, interferes with task performance under some conditions, increases the probability of internal attributions, and intensifies emotional reactions. Social anxiety is also associated with a reversal of the self-serving bias for causal attributions. Implications of these findings for the maintenance and treatment of social phobia are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/0272-7358(89)90046-9
DO - 10.1016/0272-7358(89)90046-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0024489437
SN - 0272-7358
VL - 9
SP - 49
EP - 60
JO - Clinical Psychology Review
JF - Clinical Psychology Review
IS - 1
ER -