Development of an Attention Training Technique Using Sounds That Arouse Self-Focused Attention: An Investigation on Its Effects for Socially Anxious Individuals

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  • 自己注目誘発音を用いた注意訓練法の作成と社交不安傾向者に対する効果の検討
  • ジコ チュウモク ユウハツオン オ モチイタ チュウイ クンレンホウ ノ サクセイ ト シャコウ フアン ケイコウシャ ニ タイスル コウカ ノ ケントウ

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<p>This study created an attention training technique (ATT) with sound stimuli that induced self-focused attention (SFA) and compared the effects with a standard ATT. We recruited and assigned a total of 30 undergraduate students with social anxiety tendencies to the SFA-ATT and standard ATT groups. Each ATT was performed for two weeks and the changes in social anxiety, attention control function, SFA, and post-event processing (PEP) were examined. Although the fear of social situations decreased in both groups, the diminution level in the SFA-ATT group was larger compared to the standard ATT group. The observer perspective during the speech task decreased in both groups, and there was no difference in the change between the groups. The PEP decreased only in the SFA-ATT group. Overall, SFA-ATT had a larger effect on social anxiety disorder symptoms and PEP than the standard ATT. However, further research on the differences between the mechanisms of the SFA-ATT and standard ATT is required.</p>

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