Jogia, J. orcid.org/0000-0003-1799-1245, Thomas, J., Barbato, M. orcid.org/0000-0003-3184-0603 et al. (1 more author) (2024) Social anxiety, voice confrontation and voice recognition: a bilingual exploration. International Journal of Psychology, 59 (6). pp. 1084-1090. ISSN 0020-7594
Abstract
Many people dislike the sound of their voices, especially when listening back to audio recordings (voice confrontation). Previous research reports that disliking the sound of one's voice is associated with elevated levels of social anxiety. The present study investigated the relationship between social anxiety and voice dislike and voice misrecognition among a bilingual population: Arabic (L1) and English (L2). Participants (N = 176) completed self-report measures of social anxiety and own voice liking. Additionally, they performed a novel own voice recognition task, assessing their ability to recognise a recording of their voice, differentiating it from digitally altered versions of the same recording. Social anxiety symptomatology was associated with disliking the sound of one's voice, with a larger effect for L1 than L2. Social anxiety was also associated with own voice misrecognition, but only for L1. Highly negative evaluations about the sound of one's voice may represent a vulnerability for social anxiety disorder.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 The Author(s). International Journal of Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of International Union of Psychological Science. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Social anxiety; SAD; Social phobia; Voice; Bilingual |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 27 Aug 2024 12:36 |
Last Modified: | 25 Feb 2025 11:10 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/ijop.13234 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:216512 |