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The relationship between cognitive failure and self‐focused attention
Author(s) -
Houston Diane M.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1989.tb00815.x
Subject(s) - psychology , cognition , social anxiety , anxiety , clinical psychology , consciousness , self , developmental psychology , social psychology , psychiatry , neuroscience
The Cognitive Failures Questionnaire and the Self‐Consciousness Scale were administered to a sample of undergraduate students. The Private Self‐Consciousness and Social Anxiety subscales were significantly correlated with CFQ, suggesting that dispositional self‐focused attention may be one underlying cause of cognitive failure. Similarities in the relation between CFQ, SCS and task performance are discussed.