Experiential Self-Focus in Social Anxiety Disorder: Is it Beneficial?
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DOI: 10.1002/jclp.22503
Abstract: OBJECTIVE Self-focused processing is a significant maintaining factor in cognitive models of social anxiety disorder (SAD), but it may also be analytic (detached, evaluative, maladaptive) or experiential (concrete, nonevaluative, adaptive). The current study aimed to… read more here.
Keywords: self; social anxiety; self focus; anxiety disorder ... See more keywords
Does awareness of death strengthen awareness of self? The effects of existential threat on self-focus
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DOI: 10.1007/s12144-019-00172-6
Abstract: Drawing on Kelly's (1955) personal construct theory, which suggests that human constructs typically contain their opposites. This study proposed that people facing death threat might be prompted to concern their existence, therefore pay more attentions… read more here.
Keywords: awareness; self focus; threat; threat self ... See more keywords
An experimental investigation into the role of ruminative and mindful self-focus in non-clinical paranoia.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2016.07.014
Abstract: BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Ruminative self-focus is a maladaptive form of emotional processing and is linked to distress, whereas mindful self-focus is adaptive and linked to low distress. However, the effects of these different modes of… read more here.
Keywords: paranoid ideation; focus; mindful self; non clinical ... See more keywords
The Effect of Money Priming on Self-Focus in the Imitation-Inhibition Task
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DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000466
Abstract: Abstract. The self-sufficiency hypothesis suggests that priming individuals with money makes them focus more strongly on themselves than on others. However, recently, research supporting this claim has been heavily criticized and some attempts to replicate… read more here.
Keywords: inhibition task; imitation inhibition; money; self focus ... See more keywords
Pregnancy in the Time of COVID-19: Maternal Self-Focus and Kristevan Herethics
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DOI: 10.1080/15240657.2020.1798182
Abstract: ABSTRACT Written while pregnant and in lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, this piece proposes that pregnancy involves walking a fine line between two opposing states: a narcissistic self-absorption and a complete giving over of… read more here.
Keywords: pregnancy; maternal self; pregnancy time; covid maternal ... See more keywords
Choking under pressure: Illuminating the role of distraction and self-focus
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DOI: 10.1080/1750984x.2017.1374432
Abstract: ABSTRACT Two dominant explanations of choking under pressure – self-focus and distraction – have been enduringly presented as competing mechanisms of motor skill failure under performance stress. Dual-task experiments designed to simultaneously assess both mechanisms… read more here.
Keywords: distraction; choking pressure; motor; self focus ... See more keywords
Effects of self-compassion and self-focus on sleep disturbances among psychiatric nurses.
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DOI: 10.1111/ppc.12458
Abstract: PURPOSE Previous research has demonstrated that self-compassion improved sleep in geriatric samples. However, this may be due to an uncontrolled influence from self-focus, or interaction between self-compassion and self-focus. This study examines whether these findings… read more here.
Keywords: sleep disturbances; self compassion; compassion self; psychiatric nurses ... See more keywords
Mindful self-focus–an interaction affecting Theory of Mind?
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279544
Abstract: Is thinking about oneself helpful or harmful for understanding other people? The answer might depend on how a person thinks about themself. Mindfulness is one prominent construct that seems to affect the quality and content… read more here.
Keywords: theory mind; focus; self focus;