Self-views in social anxiety disorder: The impact of CBT versus MBSR.
This study examines the impact of Cognitive-Behavioral Group Therapy (CBGT) versus Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) versus Waitlist (WL) on self-views in patients with social anxiety disorder (SAD). One hundred eight unmedicated patients with SAD were randomly assigned to 12 weeks of CBGT, MBSR, or WL, and completed a self-referential encoding task (SRET) that assessed self-endorsement of positive and negative self-views pre- and post-treatment. At baseline, 40 healthy controls (HCs) also completed the SRET. At baseline, patients with SAD endorsed greater negative and lesser positive self-views than HCs. Compared to baseline, patients in both CBGT and MBSR decreased negative self-views and increased positive self-views. Improvement in self-views, specifically increases in positive (but not decreases in negative) self-views, predicted CBGT- and MBSR-related decreases in social anxiety symptoms. Enhancement of positive self-views may be a shared therapeutic process for both CBGT and MBSR for SAD.
['Thurston|Matthew D|MD|', 'Goldin|Philippe|P|', 'Heimberg|Richard|R|', 'Gross|James J|JJ|']
D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy D006801:Humans D064866:Mindfulness D008960:Models, Psychological D000072861:Phobia, Social D011615:Psychotherapy, Group D012649:Self Concept D013315:Stress, Psychological D016896:Treatment Outcome
Self-view Social anxiety Cognitive-behavioral therapy Meditation Mindfulness