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The Impact Of Mindfulness Training On Post-Event Processing In Social Anxiety: A Multi-Method Investigation, Elizabeth Mara Lewis
The Impact Of Mindfulness Training On Post-Event Processing In Social Anxiety: A Multi-Method Investigation, Elizabeth Mara Lewis
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Post-event processing (PEP) is theorized to maintain pathological social anxiety. However, little is known about the impact of interventions that may interfere with this maintenance factor. The current study examined the impact of mindfulness training on PEP and state anxiety among socially anxious individuals. Participants were 81 persons (74.07% female, 61.72% non-Hispanic White, Mage = 21.83) with clinically elevated social anxiety who attended one appointment in the laboratory during which they were randomized to receive a brief mindfulness-based training (n = 41) or no training (i.e., thinking as usual control group; n = 40). After the training period, …