Personal value, self-efficacy, and social acceptability of a social behavior as correlates of behavioral action in social anxiety

• Published in: Trends in psychiatry and psychotherapy Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 217 - 224
• Main Authors: Lee, Carol S., Yeghiazarian, Christina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Associação de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul 01.07.2021
• Subjects: behavioral action; exposure; Original; PSYCHIATRY; self-efficacy; Social anxiety; values; behavioral action; exposure; Social anxiety; self-efficacy; values

INTRODUCTIONCurrent therapies for social anxiety disorder emphasize taking behavioral action; active engagement of a behavior despite any present fear or anxiety that is associated with the behavior, through use of exposures. However, less is known about the mechanisms of behavioral action. The pres...