Situation-Specific Scripts for Threat in Blood Fearful and Nonfearful Individuals

Authors: Wenzel A.¹; Golden S.B.²

Source: Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, Volume 25, Number 3, September 2003 , pp. 213-218(6)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

Self-schemata for threatening situations were examined in blood fearful and nonfearful individuals. In the context of 5 scenarios involving blood, injections, hospitals, or injury, participants listed events that they typically experience in these situations or events that occur when they witness another individual in these situations. Blood fearful and nonfearful individuals generally listed sequences of events corresponding to a similar macrostructure. However, blood fearful individuals included more negative emotional and physiological events than nonfearful individuals, and several of their sequences reflected higher levels of fear and lower levels of positive affect. These results suggest that the self-schemata of blood fearful individuals for situations involving harm or threat consist of both normal and maladaptive elements.

Keywords: schema; script; cognitive biases; blood phobia

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: Department of Psychology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota; amy_wenzel@und.nodak.edu 2: Department of Psychology, Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts

Publication date: 2003-09-01