Relational Schemas:
The Activation of
Interpersonal Knowledge
Structures in Social Anxiety
Mark W. BaldwinandPatricia Fergusson
THE CONTENT OF RELATIONAL SCHEMAS IN SOCIAL ANXIETY
INFORMATION-PROCESSING EFFECTS
RESEARCH: THE ACTIVATION OF RELATIONAL SCHEMAS
Activation of Attachment Orientations
Activation of Self-evaluative Styles
Schema Application and Self-focus
Associative Networks and Spreading Activation
Cued Activation of Relational Schemas
SUMMARY AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS
CONCLUSION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
REFERENCES
The problem of social anxiety is, by definition, both interpersonal and cognitive in nature. At the core of social anxiety is the compelling expectation, and fear, of negative interpersonal evaluation. For individuals with clinically significant social anxiety, this expectation poisons their outlook on relationships, undermines their attempts at smooth social interaction, and clouds their interpretation and memory of social outcomes.
A theme common to many of the classic writings of interpersonal and psychodynamic psychologists is that people's thoughts and feelings about their social
-235-
Questia, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning. www.questia.com
Publication information:
Book title: International Handbook of Social Anxiety: Concepts, Research, and Interventions Relating to the Self and Shyness.
Contributors: W. Ray Crozier - Editor, Lynn E. Alden - Editor.
Publisher: Wiley.
Place of publication: New York.
Publication year: 2001.
Page number: 235.
This material is protected by copyright and, with the exception of fair use, may not be further copied, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means.
One moment ...
- Georgia
- Arial
- Times New Roman
- Verdana
- Courier/monospaced
Reset