title: Body Dysmorphic, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Social Anxiety Disorder Beliefs as Predictors of In Vivo Stressor Responding.
abstract: This study tested the potential transdiagnostic nature of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and social anxiety disorder (SAD) beliefs, in addition to testing the specificity of those beliefs, in predicting how individuals responded to symptom-specific stressors. Participants included 127 adults (75% women) with a broad range of symptom severity. Path analysis was used to evaluate whether specific maladaptive beliefs predicted distress in response to symptom-relevant stressors over and above other beliefs and baseline distress. SAD beliefs emerged as a significant predictor of distress in response to a mirror gazing (BDD-relevant), a thought (OCD-relevant), and a public speaking (SAD-relevant) task, controlling for other disorder beliefs and baseline distress. BDD beliefs were also a robust predictor of BDD stressor responding. Results suggest that social anxiety-relevant beliefs may function as a transdiagnostic risk factor that predicts in vivo symptoms across a range of problem areas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, OH.
authors.forename: E Marie
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Parsons
authors.forename: Kelsey T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Straub
authors.forename: April R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Elise M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Clerkin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D057215:Body Dysmorphic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D000072861:Phobia, Social / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult