Evaluation of the Social Interaction Self-Statement Test with a social phobic population

Cynthia S. Dodge, Debra A. Hope, Richard G. Heimberg, Robert E. Becker

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Abstract

The convergent and discriminant validity of the Social Interaction Self-Statement Test (SISST) were evaluated in a sample of men and women awaiting treatment for fear and avoidance of social interactions. Partial correlations revealed that negative, but not positive, self-statement scores were generally related to self-report measures of anxiety and depression. Heart rate and subjective anxiety ratings derived from a behavioral simulation of a personally relevant anxiety-provoking situation were unrelated to SISST scores. However, subjects' reports of negative thoughts obtained via the thought-listing procedure were related to the SISST negative self-statement scores, suggesting that the negative subscale of the SISST and the thought-listing procedure tap similar dimensions. Finally, the negative subscale of the SISST discriminated between social phobics whose primary fear involved social interactions and social phobics whose anxiety was confined to public-speaking situations. The findings support the use of the SISST with clinically socially anxious patients.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)211-222
Number of pages12
JournalCognitive Therapy and Research
Volume12
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1988
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • cognitive assessment
  • self-statements
  • social anxiety
  • social phobia

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology

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