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Manipulation Of Negative Social Evaluative Fears On Body Dissatisfaction And Eating Behaviors: Does Fear Of Social Evaluation Lead To Disordered Eating?, Cheri A. Levinson
Manipulation Of Negative Social Evaluative Fears On Body Dissatisfaction And Eating Behaviors: Does Fear Of Social Evaluation Lead To Disordered Eating?, Cheri A. Levinson
Arts & Sciences Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Social anxiety and eating disorders are highly comorbid. Researchers have suggested that there may be shared vulnerabilities that underlie the development of these disorders. Two of these proposed vulnerabilities are fear of negative evaluation and social appearance anxiety (i.e., fear of negative evaluation specifically focused on one’s appearance). Regarding disordered eating, previous self-report research has found that social appearance anxiety may be especially relevant for body dissatisfaction, whereas fear of negative evaluation may be relevant for drive for thinness. In the current study I manipulated fear of negative evaluation and social appearance anxiety using a speech task in 160 undergraduate …
Eye Contact And Social Anxiety Disorder, Julia Kane Langer
Eye Contact And Social Anxiety Disorder, Julia Kane Langer
Arts & Sciences Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The psychoevolutionary theory of social anxiety disorder (SAD) predicts that individuals with SAD will avoid eye contact to communicate submissiveness. However, direct testing of gaze avoidance in individuals with higher social anxiety through behavioral observation or measurement has produced mixed findings. The goals of this dissertation are to test one of the components of the psychoevolutionary theory, namely, that gaze avoidance is employed by people with SAD, as well as to test whether positive affect may play a role in regulating gaze avoidance. Specifically, based on prior research supporting the role of positive affect in regulating exploratory behavior, I hypothesized …