How am I going to tell you this? The relations between social anxiety and narrative coherence

Figures & data

Table 1. Descriptive statistics of total memory coherence across groups.

Groups	n	M	SD
Low trait, Low state	18	7.00	1.85
Low trait, High state	18	6.89	1.88
High trait, Low state	17	7.18	1.94
High trait, High state	15	6.60	2.41
Total	68	6.93	1.98

Table 2. Tests of between-subjects effects (MANOVA) of trait and state social anxiety on memory coherence.

Independent Variable	Dependent Variable	F	p	${\eta }_p^2$
SOCANX_TRAIT	CON	0.45	.51	.01
	CHR	0.20	.66	.00
	THE	0.42	.52	.01
	MC	0.01	.91	.00
SOCANX_STATE	CON	0.09	.76	.00
	CHR	0.06	.80	.00
	THE	1.43	.24	.02
	MC	0.49	.49	.01
SOCANX_TRAIT * SOCANX_STATE	CON	0.01	.94	.00
	CHR	0.24	.63	.00
	THE	0.31	.58	.01
	MC	0.23	.64	.00

Note: SOCANX: social anxiety; CON: context; CHR: chronology; THE: theme; MC: total memory coherence.

Figure 1. Suggested mechanisms pre- and post-manipulation.

Figure 2. Indirect relations between trait social anxiety and coherence via internal focus on anxiety cues (Spearman’s correlations).

Figure 3. The role of social evaluation, working memory, depressive symptoms, rumination and focus on internal cues in the relations between trait social anxiety and coherence (Spearman’s correlations).