Stevens, Stephan, Cludius, Barbara, Bantin, Trisha, Hermann, Christiane and Gerlach, Alexander L. ORCID: 0000-0001-6794-5349
(2014).
Influence of alcohol on social anxiety: An investigation of attentional, physiological and behavioral effects.
Biol. Psychol., 96.
S. 126 - 134.
AMSTERDAM:
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV.
ISSN 1873-6246
Abstract
Social anxiety disorder and alcohol use disorders are highly comorbid. It remains unclear, however, if and how alcohol influences attentional processes and physical symptoms in social anxiety. In a balanced-placebo- design, high and normally socially anxious participants gave a speech while performing a task, which simultaneously measures internal and external attention. Only high anxious participants showed a preferential processing of external probes, which was eliminated by alcohol or the mere expectation of drinking alcohol. Furthermore, alcohol reduced facial blushing as well as self-reported social anxiety during public speaking. Decreases in anxiety were significantly associated with a reduction of the external focus in the high anxious group. Understanding alcohol as a substance influencing cognitive processes as well as physiological symptoms of anxiety further contributes to our understanding of alcohol use as a safety behavior in social anxiety disorder. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-447463 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.12.004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Biol. Psychol. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Volume: | 96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Page Range: | S. 126 - 134 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date: | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of Publication: | AMSTERDAM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 1873-6246 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/44746 |
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