MITIGATING RISK? SET-SHIFTING ABILITY IN HIGH THREAT SENSITIVE INDIVIDUALS PREDICTS APPROACH BEHAVIOR DURING SIMULATED PEER-REJECTION

Healthy Communities Research Institute, Department of Psychological Sciences
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Abstract
In this investigation we explored how two dimensions underlying current models of psychopathology, threat sensitivity and executive cognitive processing, may come together to influence downstream responses to social threat. Specifically, we investigated how set-shifting ability influences responses to simulated peer-rejection in high threat sensitive individuals (n = 66) selected from a larger sample. Our findings suggest the possibility of risk-reducing benefits imparted from higher set-shifting and executive resources. In particular, we saw evidence of greater approach-related behavior, including higher intensity positive emotional expressions and a relative increase in the proportion of parasympathetic activity, with higher set-shifting. Our findings join a small but growing body of research examining how risks elevated by threat sensitivity may be mitigated by executive cognitive processing.
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10.1521/jscp.2018.37.7.481
Publication Date
2018-09
Publication Title
Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
Volume
37
Issue
7
First Page
481
Last Page
513
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Coifman, K., Halachoff, D., & Nylocks, M. (2018). MITIGATING RISK? SET-SHIFTING ABILITY IN HIGH THREAT SENSITIVE INDIVIDUALS PREDICTS APPROACH BEHAVIOR DURING SIMULATED PEER-REJECTION (1–). Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2018.37.7.481
Coifman, Karin, Danielle Halachoff, and Maria Nylocks. 2018. “MITIGATING RISK? SET-SHIFTING ABILITY IN HIGH THREAT SENSITIVE INDIVIDUALS PREDICTS APPROACH BEHAVIOR DURING SIMULATED PEER-REJECTION”. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2018.37.7.481.
Coifman, Karin, et al. MITIGATING RISK? SET-SHIFTING ABILITY IN HIGH THREAT SENSITIVE INDIVIDUALS PREDICTS APPROACH BEHAVIOR DURING SIMULATED PEER-REJECTION. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, Sept. 2018, https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2018.37.7.481.