title: Test of an hypothesized structural model of the relationships between cognitive style and social anxiety: a 12-month prospective study.
abstract: The aim of this study was to test whether social looming cognitive style accounts for the predictive association between early maladaptive schema domains and social anxiety. We predicted that early maladaptive schema domains would predict the increase of social anxiety over time and that social looming would act as a mediator between schema domains and social anxiety. A three-wave longitudinal design was used. The participants (N=471, 56.95% women) were Spanish adolescents and young adults aged between 16 and 25 years old (Mage=17.81, SD age=3.19). The results showed that three schema domains (impaired autonomy and performance, impaired limits, and other-directedness) predicted the increase in social anxiety and that LCS for social threat acted as a mediator between other-directedness and social anxiety at T3. These results are important to improve the knowledge of the cognitive mechanisms that are involved in the occurrence and development of social anxiety.
authors.affiliation: University of Deusto, Department of Personality, Psychological Assessment and Treatment, Apdo. 1, 48080 Bilbao, Spain. Electronic address: zahira.gonzalez@deusto.es.
authors.forename: Zahira
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: González-Díez
authors.affiliation: University of Deusto, Department of Personality, Psychological Assessment and Treatment, Apdo. 1, 48080 Bilbao, Spain.
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Calvete
authors.affiliation: George Mason University, Department of Psychology, 9992 Main Street, Fairfax, VA 22031, United States.
authors.forename: John H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Riskind
authors.affiliation: University of Deusto, Department of Personality, Psychological Assessment and Treatment, Apdo. 1, 48080 Bilbao, Spain.
authors.forename: Izaskun
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Orue
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Cognitive vulnerability; Looming cognitive style; Schema domains; Schema therapy; Social anxiety