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Self-efficacy for social situations in adolescents with generalized social anxiety disorder
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| Title: | Self-efficacy for social situations in adolescents with generalized social anxiety disorder |
| Authors: | Gaudiano, Brandon A.
Herbert, James D. |
| Keywords: | Social Anxiety
Social Phobia
Self-Efficacy
Psychometrics
Behavioral Role Play Tests
Adolescence |
| Issue Date: | 20-Oct-2006 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Citation: | Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 35(2): pp. 209-223. |
| Abstract: | Self-efficacy is a potentially useful concept when applied to Social Anxiety Disorder
(SAD). The aims of the current study were to examine the psychometric properties of the Self-
Efficacy for Social Situations Scale (SESS; Gaudiano and Herbert, 2003) and to investigate
the relationship between self-efficacy and anxiety in an adolescent sample with generalized
SAD. Results replicated those found in a previous adult SAD sample. The SESS showed high
internal consistency and good construct and criterion-related validity. The SESS also predicted
subjective anxiety and perceived performance in social role play tests after controlling for social
anxiety severity. Furthermore, self-efficacy more clearly predicted self-ratings in contrast to
observer ratings of performance in social role play tests. Finally, changes in social selfefficacy
were strongly associated with changes in social anxiety symptoms following treatment,
even after controlling for changes in fear of negative evaluation. Treatment implications for
adolescent SAD are discussed. |
| URI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1352465806003377
http://hdl.handle.net/1860/2639 |
| Appears in Collections: | Faculty Research and Publications (Psychology)
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