Bidirectional Relationships Between Hours Worked and Social Anxiety and Depression Symptoms: A Longitudinal Study

Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 7(1), P. 9 - 17

Published: Jan. 3, 2025

Objective Previous research has found that social anxiety and depression are associated with occupational impairment, including unemployment decreased productivity. However, longitudinal studies limited to only examine effects of cross‐sectionally. Furthermore, prior measured impairment dichotomously as either employed or unemployed. The present secondary data analysis sought build upon these gaps investigate bidirectional relationships between hours worked, continuously, symptoms over the course 48 weeks following a brief intervention for job‐seekers disorder, many whom reported elevated levels depression. Employment was operationalized average number spent working in given week. Methods Two cross‐lagged panel models were tested 250 diverse job‐seeking individuals (59.2% female, 40.8% Black African‐American, 16.4% Hispanic/Latine). Results In partial support initial hypotheses, both negatively predicted subsequent worked. Hours worked did not predict symptoms. Conclusions This first study among depression, anxiety, employment continuous variable. findings contribute novel information about impact on suggest may serve barrier seeking maintaining employment. Interventions should consider incorporating simultaneous treatment

Language: Английский

Generalization Between Perceptually Similar Stimuli Is Associated With Improvement in Social Anxiety Following Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

Behavior Therapy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: May 1, 2024

Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety disorders requires that people learn to inhibit their fear during exposure stimuli no longer pose a threat. We investigate whether individual differences in this inhibitory learning ability, measured prior treatment, can predict responsiveness CBT social disorder. Participants (N = 128) were randomized or wait-list control and completed tests of generalization extinction following the intervention period. Contrary expectations, extinction, at pretreatment, not associated with treatment responses but there was evidence these abilities changed over time due treatment. Individual pretreatment responses. Weaker between dangerous perceptually similar novel safe enhanced responding CBT. These findings contribute development mechanistic approach patient stratification where participants who are least likely respond be identified

Language: Английский