Open AccessDevelopment of the A-DISS Rejection Task to Demonstrate the Unique and Overlapping Affective Features of Social Anxiety and Depression
Author(s) -
Renee M. Cloutier,
Sarah A. Bilsky,
Catherine Baxley,
Kristen G. Anderson,
Heidemarie Blumenthal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cognitive therapy and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.322
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1573-2819
pISSN - 0147-5916
DOI - 10.1007/s10608-020-10152-x
Subject(s) - psychology , moderation , anxiety , psychopathology , affect (linguistics) , psychological intervention , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , context (archaeology) , social anxiety , psychosocial , feeling , developmental psychology , psychotherapist , psychiatry , social psychology , paleontology , communication , biology , economics , macroeconomics
Social anxiety (SA) and depression are prevalent, often comorbid disorders, associated with poor psychosocial functioning. Experimental psychopathology approaches can clarify the transdiagnostic mechanisms underlying these disorders, but most laboratory tasks are limited. We developed and validated the Audio-Dialogue Inductions of Social Stress (A-DISS) experimental task to model real-time rejection sensitivity in a realistic and developmentally relevant context. Participants are asked to imagine overhearing peers at a party talking badly about them (Rejection) or a teacher at their school (Neutral).