APS
2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022
Positive Affect Moderates Expectancy Violation during Exposure Therapy for Social Anxiety
- Benjamin Rosenberg
University of California, Los Angeles - Christina Sandman
University of California, Los Angeles - Amy Sewart
- Tomislav Zbozinek
- Michael Treanor
- Michelle Craske
University of California, Los Angeles
Abstract
Anhedonia is associated with fear extinction and may relate to learning mechanisms of exposure therapy. In this study, 51 socially-anxious individuals completed exposure therapy. Anhedonia was associated with lower prediction error but not change in subjective distress during in vivo exposures. Implications for treatment of anxiety and depression are discussed.
Psychopathology
