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2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
The Moderating Effects of Anxiety-Related Individual Differences on Safety Learning and Overgeneralized Fear
- Abigail Findley
Hunter College CUNY - Abigail Findley
The CUNY Graduate Center, City University of New York - Hyein Cho
Hunter College, CUNY - Hyein Cho
The Graduate Center, CUNY - Boyang Fan
Hunter College, CUNY - Boyang Fan
The Graduate Center, The City University of New York - Hanna Culang
Hunter College CUNY - Kimberly Marynowski
Hunter College, The City University of New York - Milana Khaitova
Hunter College, CUNY - Tracy Dennis-Tiwary
The Graduate Center, CUNY - Tracy Dennis-Tiwary
Hunter College, CUNY
Abstract
We tested if safety versus fear learning would reduce anxiety-related overgeneralized fear (OGF) and proposed that anxiety sensitivity would moderate this association. Findings demonstrate that those with low anxiety sensitivity benefit from safety learning in reducing OGF, but not fear learning, highlighting a unique role of safety learning in anxiety.
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