Self-criticism, experiential avoidance, social anxiety and depression in an experience sampling paradigm

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21621169
AutoresSimona Ștefan (0000-0003-1073-1993, Babeș-Bolyai University), Paula Stroian (0000-0001-8335-5912, Babeș-Bolyai University, autor de correspondencia), Matu Silviu (Babeș-Bolyai University), Liviu A Fodor (0000-0003-3461-1240, Babeș-Bolyai University), Liviu Fodor, Diana Nechita, Diana-Mirela Nechita (0000-0002-0750-8953, Babeș-Bolyai University)
Año2025
Volumen44
Número21
Páginas16833-16845
Fecha de publicación2025-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCurrent Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1046-1310 • E-ISSN: 1936-4733
EditorialSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s12144-025-08264-2
OpenAlexW4413990410
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas40

Social anxiety and depression are frequently comorbid and share common etiological factors, like self-criticism and experiential avoidance. In the present study, we used an experience-sampling methodology (ESM) to test a schema therapy model of state social anxiety and depression, conceptualized as schema modes. In a sample of 145 individuals, we tested the predictive role of self-criticism and experiential avoidance on social anxiety and depression in a three levels multi-level framework: on the next beep (level 1, lagged effect), daily average (level 2), and participant overall average (level 3). In a second analysis, we modeled the data as a residual dynamic structural equation modeling (RDSEM) cross-lagged panel model. Results in the three levels analyses were in line with our hypotheses on the daily timeframe and at between-subjects level (levels 2 and 3). In the cross-lagged analysis, depression was a consistent predictor of all other variables on next beep, while experiential avoidance predicted next beep reports on social anxiety. Self-criticism and experiential avoidance were also mediators in the relationships between early maladaptive schemas and the average reports of state social anxiety and depression on the between-subjects level of the RDSEM analysis. Future directions, limitations and implications are discussed

Anxiety · Criticism · Experience sampling method · Experiential avoidance · Experiential learning · Pedagogy · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Self-criticism · Social anxiety · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Clinical Psychology · Mental Health Research Topics · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Psychology · Social Psychology