caa a22 4500 46789776X CHVBK 20180406152808.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20061001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10608-006-9040-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10608-006-9040-y Fear of Blushing: The Role of the Expected Influence of Displaying a Blush on Others' Judgements [Elektronische Daten] [Peter de Jong, Madelon Peters, Corine Dijk, Eveline Nieuwenhuis, Henk Kempe, Julia Oelerink] Objectives: To explain blushing phobics' fearful preoccupation with blushing, this study investigated the anticipated consequences of displaying a blush on others' judgements of the self and of the incident. We tested whether especially in the context of ambiguous situations that may be interpreted as a transgression, individuals would expect negative consequences of their blushing, and whether this effect is most pronounced in relatively high blushing fearful individuals. Design and method: Using a vignette approach, participants (N=36) with variable levels of blushing fear were instructed to imagine that they did or did not started blushing (i) after a mishap and (ii) in situations that are more ambiguous in their meaning. Results: Independent of situation, participants indicated to expect a positive rather than a negative influence of blushing on others' judgements of the self and of the incident. Unexpectedly, this pattern was even most pronounced in relatively fearful individuals. Conclusion: The results are in conflict with the idea that fear of blushing is fuelled by overestimating the undesirable communicative effects of blushing in ambiguous situations. In addition, the results seem to imply that different processes are involved in judging blushing others and judging other's views of themselves when displaying a blush. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006 Blushing nationallicence Fear of blushing nationallicence Social phobia nationallicence Judgemental bias nationallicence Metaperception nationallicence Appeasement nationallicence de Jong Peter Department of Clinical and Developmental Psychology, University of Groningen, Grote Kruisstraat 1/2, 9712 TS, Groningen, The Netherlands aut Peters Madelon Department of Medical, Clinical, & Experimental Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands aut Dijk Corine Department of Clinical and Developmental Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut Nieuwenhuis Eveline Department of Clinical and Developmental Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut Kempe Henk Department of Clinical and Developmental Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut Oelerink Julia Department of Clinical and Developmental Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut Cognitive Therapy and Research Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 30/5(2006-10-01), 623-634 0147-5916 30:5<623 2006 30 10608 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-006-9040-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-006-9040-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- de Jong Peter Department of Clinical and Developmental Psychology, University of Groningen, Grote Kruisstraat 1/2, 9712 TS, Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Peters Madelon Department of Medical, Clinical, & Experimental Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dijk Corine Department of Clinical and Developmental Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nieuwenhuis Eveline Department of Clinical and Developmental Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kempe Henk Department of Clinical and Developmental Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Oelerink Julia Department of Clinical and Developmental Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Cognitive Therapy and Research Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 30/5(2006-10-01), 623-634 0147-5916 30:5<623 2006 30 10608 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer