TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1991//
TI  - Effects of dispositional self-focus, appraisal and attention instructions on responses to a threatening stimulus
JO  - Anxiety research
A1  - Wells, Adrian
SP  - 291
EP  - 301
VL  - 3
IS  - 4
N2  - Abstract Two studies are reported which explored the relationship between self-focused attention and anxiety. The first study tested the hypotheses that self-focused attention is associated with anxiety in threatening situations and that the relationship is mediated by negative appraisal processes. Study 1 showed no significant interaction between self-focus and negative appraisal on state-anxiety. However, self-focus was associated with increments in state-anxiety, high levels of worry and somatic symptom reports in a threatening situation. The relationship between self-focus and state-anxiety was mediated by somatic symptoms. Study 2 used cognitive and somatic self-attention instructions and external focus instructions to verify the hypothesis that self-focus on somatic arousal is associated with anxiety. It is concluded that specific self-focusing tendencies are associated with the elicitation and exacerbation of anxiety.<p /> 
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SN  - 0891-7779
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08917779108248758
ID  - ref1
ER  -