2024
Dynamics Between Affect and Social Acceptance as a Function of Social Anxiety: A Person-Specific Network Approach
Gunther K, Edelman A, Petrie D, Kober H, Gee D, Joormann J, Gadassi-Polack R. Dynamics Between Affect and Social Acceptance as a Function of Social Anxiety: A Person-Specific Network Approach. Emotion 2024 PMID: 39207390, DOI: 10.1037/emo0001370.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEtiology of social anxiety disorderSocial anxiety disorderSocial anxietyPositive affectAnxiety disordersDevelopmental period of increased riskFunction of social anxietySocial anxiety symptomsDaily diary dataSocial acceptanceBenefits of acceptanceSocial experiencePerson-centered approachPeriod of increased riskRegulate affectAnxiety symptomsSocial cuesAnxietyAffectDevelopmental periodPerson-specificAdolescentsDiary dataReturn to baselineDisorders
2023
Social interpretation inflexibility moderates emotional reactions to social situations in children and adolescents
Polack R, Bronstein M, Questel M, Edelman A, Vinogradov S, Kober H, Joormann J, Everaert J. Social interpretation inflexibility moderates emotional reactions to social situations in children and adolescents. Development And Psychopathology 2023, 35: 2352-2364. PMID: 37466071, PMCID: PMC10796842, DOI: 10.1017/s0954579423000834.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh social anxietyNegative interpersonal eventsInterpersonal eventsInterpretation biasSocial anxietyInterpretation biasesInternalizing symptomsSocial situationsDepressive symptomsPositive interpretation biasNegative interpretation biasSocial anxiety symptomsProtective factorsNovel social situationsSample of childrenAdolescent anxietyDaily associationsNegative interpretationsEmotional reactionsNovel taskAnxiety symptomsSubsequent depressive symptomsPositive interpretationInternalizing disordersAnxiety
2022
Developing a novel assessment of interpretation flexibility: Reliability, validity and clinical implications
Deng W, Everaert J, Creighton M, Bronstein M, Cannon T, Joormann J. Developing a novel assessment of interpretation flexibility: Reliability, validity and clinical implications. Personality And Individual Differences 2022, 190: 111548. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2022.111548.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInterpretation biasHigh-level cognitive deficitsPicture-based tasksStrong convergent validitySocial anxietySymptoms of depressionTransdiagnostic factorVerbal stimuliVerbal measuresNegative interpretationsStimulus modalityPersecutory ideationCognitive deficitsReliable paradigmGeneral population sampleConvergent validityDevelopmental studiesInflexibilityTaskPsychotic symptomsAffective disordersClinical implicationsNovel assessmentBiasPopulation sample
2018
Looking Through Tinted Glasses: Depression and Social Anxiety Are Related to Both Interpretation Biases and Inflexible Negative Interpretations
Everaert J, Bronstein M, Cannon T, Joormann J. Looking Through Tinted Glasses: Depression and Social Anxiety Are Related to Both Interpretation Biases and Inflexible Negative Interpretations. Clinical Psychological Science 2018, 6: 517-528. DOI: 10.1177/2167702617747968.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocial anxietyInterpretation biasInterpretation biasesNegative interpretationsPositive interpretation biasesNovel cognitive taskNegative interpretation biasDepression severityCognitive tasksCognitive riskPositive informationAmbiguous situationsInflexible interpretationsAnxietyInflexibilitySymptom typeDepressionBiasesBiasSevere depressionFuture workTaskParticipantsIndividualsImportant determinant