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In addition, previous studies have shown that decentering components reduce social anxiety (Hayes-Skelton & Graham, 2013), but no research to date has fully explored the way decentering components interact with cognitive risk factors for social anxiety. The present study has two aims: 1) to test an integrative model of IU and cognitive risk factors in social anxiety, and 2) to examine decentering and defusion as moderators of the association between anticipatory/post-event processing and social anxiety. A non-clinical student sample completed questionnaires assessing IU, cognitive appraisals, anticipatory/post-event processing, social anxiety, decentering, and defusion. Results supported the integrative model, indicating that threat appraisal and anticipatory/post-event processing were sequential mediators of the IU-social anxiety association. In addition, moderate and high levels of decentering reduced the link between anticipatory/post-event processing and social anxiety, and defusion interacted with anticipatory processing only."]},{"key":"dc:format","label":"Dc Format","values":["application/pdf"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Examining the Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty and Decentering in a Cognitive Model of Social Anxiety"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Naragon-Gainey, Kristin","Psychology"],"dc:creator":["Zhan, Xinyi"],"dc:date":["2019-07-30T15:10:36Z","2019","2019-03-19 21:26:10"],"dc:description":["M.A.","Recent studies have shown that intolerance of uncertainty (IU) is a strong predictor of social anxiety (Boelen & Reijntjes, 2009; McEvoy & Mahoney, 2012), but mechanisms explaining how IU contributes to the maintenance of social anxiety symptoms have not been fully explored. An integrative cognitive model of social anxiety is needed that incorporates IU along with established cognitive risk factors. In addition, previous studies have shown that decentering components reduce social anxiety (Hayes-Skelton & Graham, 2013), but no research to date has fully explored the way decentering components interact with cognitive risk factors for social anxiety. The present study has two aims: 1) to test an integrative model of IU and cognitive risk factors in social anxiety, and 2) to examine decentering and defusion as moderators of the association between anticipatory/post-event processing and social anxiety. A non-clinical student sample completed questionnaires assessing IU, cognitive appraisals, anticipatory/post-event processing, social anxiety, decentering, and defusion. Results supported the integrative model, indicating that threat appraisal and anticipatory/post-event processing were sequential mediators of the IU-social anxiety association. 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