The first study in this paper examined whether three elements of self-structure – evaluative self-organisation, self-complexity, and self-concept clarity – contributed to social anxiety measured by a scale that can reliably discriminate between social anxiety and depression.
Most models of the etiology (cause or origin) of SAD have a prominent cognitive component that is primarily concerned with self-focused attention and self-evaluative statements that occur either during or immediately following social situations.
I was astonished to discover that while virtually all appeared to have been well read, the various self-evaluative tests, quizzes and questionnaires included in the books were never filled out.
The intervention utilised a collaborative talk framework, designed specifically for the study, as a pedagogical tool to support two types of metatalk: process and self-evaluative.
Rumination has been linked with a number of deleterious outcomes, though relatively little is known about self-evaluative and emotion processes by which it develops.
The self-evaluative component concerns the degree to which appearance is central to self-worth, referred to as dysfunctional appearance beliefs.
Two studies were designed to investigate the effects of a female thin ideal video on cognitive (Study 1: appearance schema, Study 2: visual-spatial processing) and self-evaluative measures in male viewers.
Based on a three-wave panel survey of 973 Flemish preadolescents (Mage = 11.15, SD = 1.13) we found that the motivational and self-evaluative components had a different impact on media internalization.
