TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1990//
TI  - Self-evaluation and self-perception: The role of attention in the experience of anxiety
JO  - Anxiety research
A1  - Gibbons, Frederick X.
SP  - 153
EP  - 163
VL  - 2
IS  - 3
N2  - Abstract Self-awareness promotes the experience of anxiety in two ways. It does so directly, by enhancing awareness of the emotional state itself, and by initiating the self-evaluation process that is necessary for anxiety to occur. It also does so indirectly, by constraining some behaviors and inhibiting others. In particular, it increases accuracy of self-perception, and, in so doing, retards the process of self-delusion. This is important, because the latter process has been shown to have a salutary effect on mental health, acting as a buffer against dysphoric states such as depression and anxiety.<p /> 
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SN  - 0891-7779
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08917779008249333
ID  - ref1
ER  -