Augmentation of Exposure Using Positive Mental Rehearsal in Individuals With Increased Social Anxiety

After exposure trial, participants are asked about the positive aspects of their exposure experience (e.g., thoughts, feelings), based on which an imagination script is formulated and recounted

After exposure, participants are asked about what happened during the exposure experience and whether their central concerns/expected outcome actually occurred during exposure

All participants complete exposure exercises (i.e., talking on the phone and talking with a stranger) before positive mental rehearsal is executed