חרדה משפיעה על כמעט שניים מתוך כל עשרה מבוגרים. המחקרים שלנו בתחום בוחנים את האפקטיביות של התערבויות קוגניטיביות-התנהגותיות ופסיכודינמיות עבור חרדה חברתית. תכליתם לסייע למטופלים ולמטופלות להתמודד עם פחדים חברתיים, להפחית דאגה כרונית, לשפר את הביטחון העצמי ולהפחית סימפטומים פיזיים של חרדה. המחקר משלב מדידת מדדים פנומנולוגיים, קוגניטיביים, התנהגותיים וביולוגיים של תגובות רגשיות.

את תחום המחקר מובילה פרופ' איווה גלבוע-שכטמן, חוקרת ומטפלה בתחום החרדה, הדיכאון והפוסט-טראומה. 

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Azoulay, R., & Gilboa-Schechtman, E. (2024). Specificity of cost and probability biases in social anxiety: Comparing status and belongingness threats. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 63(3), 362–378. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12472

Azoulay, R., & Gilboa-Schechtman, E. (2024). The anticipated impact of status and belongingness losses in social anxiety: A comparison between evolutionary models. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 101, Article 102800. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2023.102800

Azoulay, H. D., Pinus, M., & Gilboa-Schechtman, E. (2025). Post-traumatic distress following physical and social stressors: A comparison of symptom networks. Cognitive Therapy and Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-025-10586-w

Blay, Y., Keshet, H., Friedman, L., & Gilboa-Schechtman, E. (2021). Interpersonal motivations in social anxiety: Weakened approach and intensified avoidance motivations for affiliation and social rank. Personality and Individual Differences, 177, Article 110790. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.110790

Ginat-Frolich, R., Gilboa-Schechtman, E., Huppert, J. D., Aderka, I. M., Alden, L. E., Bar-Haim, Y., Becker, E. S., Bernstein, A., Geva, R., Heimberg, R. G., Hofmann, S. G., Kashdan, T. B., Koster, E. H. W., Lipsitz, J., Maner, J. K., Moscovitch, D. A., Philippot, P., Rapee, R. M., Roelofs, K., ... & Wieser, M. J. (2024). Vulnerabilities in social anxiety: Integrating intra- and interpersonal perspectives. Clinical Psychology Review, 109, Article 102415. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2024.102415

Gilboa-Schechtman, E., Huppert, J. D., & Ginat-Frolich, R. (2024). Social anxiety from the perspective of affiliation and status systems: Intrapersonal representations and the dynamics of interpersonal interaction. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 33(1), 3–10. https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214231202488

Hay, D., Bleicher, S., Azoulay, R., Kivity, Y., & Gilboa-Schechtman, E. (2023). Affective and cognitive impact of social overinclusion: A meta-analytic review of Cyberball studies. Cognition and Emotion, 37(3), 412–429. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2022.2163619

Klein, Z., Zabag, R., Hay, D., Levy-Gigi, E., & Gilboa-Schechtman, E. (2025). On bias and balance: Updating agentic and communal self-beliefs in social anxiety and depression. Behaviour Research and Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2026.104700

Lavi-Rotenberg, A., Gilboa-Schechtman, E., & Hasson-Ohayon, I. (2024). Beyond one's attitude toward the self: The role of social anxiety in self-stigma among individuals with schizophrenia. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 212(1), 28–32. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000001724

Perets, N., Hay, D., Azoulay, R., & Gilboa-Schechtman, E. (2025). Exclusion memories in social anxiety. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 49, 835–845. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-024-10570-1

Rachamim, O., Azoulay, R., Keshet, H., Shachar, G., & Gilboa-Schechtman, E. (2023). Apprehensions and aspirations in social anxiety and depression. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 16, 123–142. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41811-022-00150-4

Rozen, N., Gilboa-Schechtman, E., Marom, S., Hermesh, H., & Aderka, I. (2022). Comorbid major depressive disorder in cognitive behavioral group treatment for social anxiety disorder: An examination of the process of symptom change. Psychotherapy, 59(4), 561–570. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000421

Zabag, R., Azoulay, R., Rinck, M., Becker, E., Levy-Gigi, E., & Gilboa-Schechtman, E. (2023). Updating negative impression: Social anxiety is associated with impaired positive updating of interpersonal information. Personality and Individual Differences, 203, Article 111993. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111993

Zabag, R., & Gilboa-Schechtman, E., & Levy-Gigi, E. (2022). Reacting to a changing environment: Updating patterns in social anxiety. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 157, Article 104159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2022.104159

Zabag, R., Kivity, Y., Gilboa-Schechtman, E., & Levy-Gigi, E. (2024). Better social reversal learning is associated with a more social approach across time. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 8443. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-58716-5

Zabag, R., Mouadeb, D., Haim-Nachum, S., Levy-Gigi, E., & Gilboa-Schechtman, E. (2025). Temporal dynamics of social anxiety and depressive symptoms: The moderating role of cognitive flexibility. Depression and Anxiety, 2025, Article 3055803. https://doi.org/10.1155/da/3055803

Azoulay, R., Avigdol, L., & Gilboa-Schechtman, E. (2023). Social anxiety and accumulation of status loss events: The role of adulthood experiences. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 62(4), 698–712. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjcp.12438