A self-report measure of subtle avoidance and safety behaviors relevant to social anxiety: Development and psychometric properties

The Worry Behaviors Inventory: Assessing the behavioral avoidance associated with generalized anxiety disorder

“…During item construction, references to general descriptions were favoured over specific descriptions in order to be inclusive of the diffuse worries that people with GAD experience. For example 'I repeatedly check things like doors, windows, drawers, etc., to make sure they are properly locked or shut' from Coleman et al (2011), or 'Check the redness of your face in a mirror' from Cuming et al (2009) relate to the construction of the WBI item 16 'I check to make sure nothing bad has happened or that everything is OK'.…”

“…Most existing measures of avoidant behaviors assess the behavioral features of other disorders, such as compulsive behaviors in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD, Schut et al, 2001;Tallis and de Silva, 1992;Townsend et al, 1999), safety behaviors associated with social anxiety disorder (Cuming et al, 2009), and the avoidance of social situations and situations associated with potential failure in the context of depression (Ottenbreit and Dobson, 2004). Other measures assess a limited range of behaviors, like reassurance-seeking (Cougle et al, 2012;Kobori and Salkovskis, 2013;Rector et al, 2011;Speckens et al, 2000).…”

The Moderating Effect of Self-Compassion in the Relationship between Self-Focused Attention and Social Anxiety

“…(Bögels et al, 2004;McManus et al, 2008;Schultz et al, 2008;Cuming et al, 2009;Lee JY et al, 2009;Jakymin et al, 2012) 여러 선행 연구들 (Neff, 2003a;Neff et al, 2005;Neff et al, 2007) Fig. 1에 제시하였다(Cohen et al, 2003).…”

Assessing excessive reassurance seeking in the anxiety disorders

“…A recent psychometric study of safety behaviors in social phobia found that the item "Ask others about your performance" was one of the highest loading (.61) items on a factor reflecting 'active' safety behaviors, defined as actions performed by an individual in an attempt to present well in social situations (Cuming et al, 2009). A study examining social interactions in dyads consisting of two non-socially anxious individuals or one socially anxious and one non-socially anxious individual found that the social interactions with socially anxious individuals were characterized by more frequent reassurance seeking and giving (Heerey & Kring, 2007).…”