title: Does cognitive reappraisal reduce anxiety? A daily diary study of a micro-intervention with individuals with high social anxiety.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine emotion regulation (ER) among individuals with high (HSA) and low social anxiety (LSA) and the effects of 1 week of practiced cognitive reappraisal using self-report, daily diary measures and lab tasks.
  
  
  METHODS
  HSAs received reappraisal (HSA-R; n = 43) or monitoring (HSA-M; n = 40) instructions. LSAs received monitoring instructions (LSA-M; n = 41). Self-report measures of social anxiety and ER, and a lab task of reappraisal were administered at baseline and after 1 week. Daily diaries of anxiety and ER were also collected.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At baseline, HSAs compared with LSAs reported lower self-efficacy of reappraisal and higher frequency and self-efficacy of suppression, but no differences emerged in the reappraisal task. Following the intervention, the HSA-R compared with the HSA-M reported lower symptom severity, greater self-efficacy of reappraisal but equal daily anxiety. HSA-R used reappraisal mostly combined with suppression (74.76% of situations). Post hoc analyses demonstrated that clinical diagnosis, but not severity, moderated the intervention effect.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results demonstrate the efficacy of a short intervention in social anxiety, and provide additional areas of research for improving its treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
authors.forename: Yogev
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-8293-8910
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kivity
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
authors.forename: Jonathan D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Huppert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D020377:Self Efficacy; D057566:Self Report; D055815:Young Adult