title: Is post-event processing a social anxiety specific or transdiagnostic cognitive process in the anxiety spectrum?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Research on post-event processing (PEP), where individuals conduct a post-mortem evaluation of a social situation, has focused primarily on its relationship with social anxiety.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The current study examined: 1) levels of PEP for a standardized event in different anxiety disorders; 2) the relationship between peak anxiety levels during this event and subsequent PEP; and 3) the relationship between PEP and disorder-specific symptom severity.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants with primary DSM-IV diagnoses of social anxiety disorder (SAD), obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder with/without agoraphobia (PD/A), or generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) completed diagnosis specific symptom measures before attending group cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) specific to their diagnosis. Participants rated their peak anxiety level during the first group therapy session, and one week later rated PEP in the context of CBT.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results indicated that all anxiety disorder groups showed heightened and equivalent PEP ratings. Peak state anxiety during the first CBT session predicted subsequent level of PEP, irrespective of diagnostic group. PEP ratings were found to be associated with disorder-specific symptom severity in SAD, GAD, and PD/A, but not in OCD.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PEP may be a transdiagnostic process with relevance to a broad range of anxiety disorders, not just SAD.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, andUniversity of Toronto,Canada.
authors.forename: Judith M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Laposa
authors.affiliation: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre,Toronto,Canada.
authors.forename: Kelsey C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Collimore
authors.affiliation: University of Toronto,and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre,Canada.
authors.forename: Neil A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Rector
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000379:Agoraphobia / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D007600:Judgment; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D012938:Social Perception; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires