{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,6]],"date-time":"2026-10-06T21:50:50Z","timestamp":1791323450970,"version":"4.3.1"},"reference-count":89,"publisher":"Elsevier BV","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,1]],"date-time":"2026-10-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1790812800000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/tdm\/userlicense\/1.0\/"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,1]],"date-time":"2026-10-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1790812800000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/legal\/tdmrep-license"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,10]],"date-time":"2026-08-10T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1786320000000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["elsevier.com","sciencedirect.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Behaviour Research and Therapy"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2026,10]]},"DOI":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,8]],"date-time":"2026-08-08T15:01:32Z","timestamp":1786201292000},"page":"105138","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/elsevier_cm_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"special_numbering":"C","title":["Effects of prospective mental imagery on approach motivation and behavioral engagement in social anxiety"],"prefix":"10.1016","volume":"205","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-5835-233X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andrea S.","family":"Stoliarov","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Frederike","family":"Wichert","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6047-6658","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Christiane A.","family":"Melzig","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3595-1258","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Christoph","family":"Benke","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"78","reference":[{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1177\/24705470221081215","article-title":"The prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of social anxiety disorder: A focused national survey","volume":"6","author":"Ambusaidi","year":"2022","journal-title":"Chronic Stress"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.brat.2025.104786","article-title":"Early phase testing of functional imagery training as an intervention for anxiety","volume":"192","author":"Andrade","year":"2025","journal-title":"Behaviour Research and Therapy"},{"issue":"2","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"127","DOI":"10.5127\/jep.024611","article-title":"Sensory imagery in craving: From cognitive psychology to new treatments for addiction","volume":"3","author":"Andrade","year":"2012","journal-title":"Journal of Experimental Psychopathology"},{"issue":"8","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1177","DOI":"10.1016\/j.brat.2005.08.013","article-title":"Psychometric properties of the social phobia inventory: Further evaluation","volume":"44","author":"Antony","year":"2006","journal-title":"Behaviour Research and Therapy"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"333","DOI":"10.1192\/bjp.2018.49","article-title":"Enduring effects of psychological treatments for anxiety disorders: A meta-analysis of follow-up studies","volume":"212","author":"Bandelow","year":"2018","journal-title":"The British Journal of Psychiatry"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib6","series-title":"Anxiety and its disorders: The nature and treatment of anxiety and panic","author":"Barlow","year":"2002"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"685","DOI":"10.1002\/ejsp.467","article-title":"Future\u2010oriented emotions: Conceptualization and behavioral effects","volume":"38","author":"Baumgartner","year":"2008","journal-title":"European Journal of Social Psychology"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.beth.2021.03.007","article-title":"The nature, timing, and symptom trajectories of dropout from transdiagnostic and single-diagnosis cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders","author":"Bentley","year":"2021","journal-title":"Behavior Therapy"},{"issue":"3","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"646","DOI":"10.1016\/j.neuron.2015.02.018","article-title":"Pleasure systems in the brain","volume":"86","author":"Berridge","year":"2015","journal-title":"Neuron"},{"issue":"10","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1806","DOI":"10.1017\/S0033291717000265","article-title":"Reduced optimism and a heightened neural response to everyday worries are specific to generalized anxiety disorder, and not seen in social anxiety","volume":"47","author":"Blair","year":"2017","journal-title":"Psychological Medicine"},{"issue":"11","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0143477","article-title":"Reward and novelty enhance imagination of future events in a motivational-episodic network","volume":"10","author":"Bulganin","year":"2015","journal-title":"PLoS One"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib12","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2328","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2018.02328","article-title":"The functions of prospection\u2013variations in health and disease","volume":"9","author":"Bulley","year":"2018","journal-title":"Frontiers in Psychology"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib13","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"502","DOI":"10.1002\/da.22728","article-title":"Cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety and related disorders: A meta\u2010analysis of randomized placebo\u2010controlled trials","volume":"35","author":"Carpenter","year":"2018","journal-title":"Depression and Anxiety"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib14","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"379","DOI":"10.1192\/bjp.176.4.379","article-title":"Psychometric properties of the social phobia inventory (SPIN): New self-rating scale","volume":"176","author":"Connor","year":"2000","journal-title":"British Journal of Psychiatry"},{"issue":"2","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib15","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"137","DOI":"10.1002\/da.1055","article-title":"Mini-SPIN: A brief screening assessment for generalized social anxiety disorder","volume":"14","author":"Connor","year":"2001","journal-title":"Depression and Anxiety"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib16","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"272","DOI":"10.1016\/j.tics.2021.01.009","article-title":"Harnessing visual imagery and oculomotor behaviour to understand prospection","volume":"25","author":"Conti","year":"2021","journal-title":"Trends in Cognitive Sciences"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib17","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"5","DOI":"10.1016\/j.brat.2007.10.003","article-title":"Optimizing inhibitory learning during exposure therapy","volume":"46","author":"Craske","year":"2008","journal-title":"Behaviour Research and Therapy"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib18","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"10","DOI":"10.1016\/j.brat.2014.04.006","article-title":"Maximizing exposure therapy: An inhibitory learning approach","volume":"58","author":"Craske","year":"2014","journal-title":"Behaviour Research and Therapy"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib19","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"439","DOI":"10.3389\/fnbeh.2014.00439","article-title":"Neural sensitivity to social reward and punishment anticipation in social anxiety disorder","volume":"8","author":"Cremers","year":"2015","journal-title":"Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib20","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"844","DOI":"10.1016\/j.concog.2004.07.007","article-title":"Phenomenal characteristics associated with projecting oneself back into the past and forward into the future: Influence of valence and temporal distance","volume":"13","author":"D'Argembeau","year":"2004","journal-title":"Consciousness and Cognition"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib21","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.janxdis.2024.102881","article-title":"The efficacy of psychotherapy for social anxiety disorder, a systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"104","author":"de Ponti","year":"2024","journal-title":"Journal of Anxiety Disorders"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib22","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"637","DOI":"10.1007\/s00038-012-0416-3","article-title":"The reliability of a two-item scale: Pearson, cronbach, or spearman-brown?","volume":"58","author":"Eisinga","year":"2013","journal-title":"International Journal of Public Health"},{"issue":"2","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib23","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"111","DOI":"10.1007\/s11031-006-9028-7","article-title":"The hierarchical model of approach-avoidance motivation","volume":"30","author":"Elliot","year":"2006","journal-title":"Motivation and Emotion"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib24","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1025","DOI":"10.1017\/S0033291701004056","article-title":"The liebowitz social anxiety scale: A comparison of the psychometric properties of self-report and clinician-administered formats","volume":"31","author":"Fresco","year":"2001","journal-title":"Psychological Medicine"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib25","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1086","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jrp.2005.11.001","article-title":"Anticipatory and consummatory components of the experience of pleasure: A scale development study","volume":"40","author":"Gard","year":"2006","journal-title":"Journal of Research in Personality"},{"issue":"12","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib26","first-page":"2610","article-title":"Reward-seeking behaviors and behavioral activation therapy in depressed individuals","volume":"50","author":"Ghasemabadi","year":"2021","journal-title":"Iranian Journal of Public Health"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib27","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"731","DOI":"10.1023\/A:1005595513315","article-title":"Anticipated reactions to social events: Differences among individuals with generalized social phobia, obsessive compulsive disorder, and nonanxious controls","volume":"24","author":"Gilboa-Schechtman","year":"2000","journal-title":"Cognitive Therapy and Research"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib28","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1080\/00050067.2024.2356804","article-title":"Cognitive behaviour therapy for social anxiety disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis investigating different treatment formats","volume":"60","author":"Hall","year":"2025","journal-title":"Australian Psychologist"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib29","article-title":"Future thinking and psychopathology: A review of dysfunction","author":"Hallford","year":"2025","journal-title":"Intervention, and a Roadmap for Future Research"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib30","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"536","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jad.2019.09.039","article-title":"Impairments in episodic future thinking for positive events and anticipatory pleasure in major depression","volume":"260","author":"Hallford","year":"2020","journal-title":"Journal of Affective Disorders"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib31","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"690","DOI":"10.1037\/emo0000765","article-title":"Increasing anticipated and anticipatory pleasure through episodic thinking","volume":"22","author":"Hallford","year":"2022","journal-title":"Emotion"},{"issue":"3","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib32","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"333","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1752-0606.2010.00204.x","article-title":"Psychotherapy dropouts: Differences by modality, license, and DSM-IV diagnosis","volume":"37","author":"Hamilton","year":"2011","journal-title":"Journal of Marital and Family Therapy"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib33","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"199","DOI":"10.1017\/S0033291798007879","article-title":"Psychometric properties of the liebowitz social anxiety scale","volume":"29","author":"Heimberg","year":"1999","journal-title":"Psychological Medicine"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib34","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"697","DOI":"10.1089\/cyber.2009.0445","article-title":"Participant dropout as a function of survey length in internet-mediated university studies: Implications for study design and voluntary participation in psychological research","volume":"13","author":"Hoerger","year":"2010","journal-title":"Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking"},{"issue":"5","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib35","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"427","DOI":"10.1007\/s10608-012-9476-1","article-title":"The efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy: A review of meta-analyses","volume":"36","author":"Hofmann","year":"2012","journal-title":"Cognitive Therapy and Research"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib36","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"14","DOI":"10.1016\/j.janxdis.2018.03.004","article-title":"Rethinking avoidance: Toward a balanced approach to avoidance in treating anxiety disorders","volume":"55","author":"Hofmann","year":"2018","journal-title":"Journal of Anxiety Disorders"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib37","series-title":"Cognitive-behavior therapy for social anxiety disorder: Evidence-based and disorder-specific treatment techniques","author":"Hofmann","year":"2008"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib38","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"489","DOI":"10.1037\/1528-3542.5.4.489","article-title":"Mental imagery and emotion: A special relationship?","volume":"5","author":"Holmes","year":"2005","journal-title":"Emotion"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib39","series-title":"Managing social anxiety: A cognitive-behavioral therapy approach","author":"Hope","year":"2019"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib40","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"426","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1600-0047.2004.00264.x","article-title":"Pretreatment attrition and dropout in an outpatient clinic for anxiety disorders","volume":"109","author":"Issakidis","year":"2004","journal-title":"Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib41","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.brat.2021.103947","article-title":"Mental imagery-based episodic simulation amplifies motivation and behavioural engagement in planned reward activities","volume":"145","author":"Ji","year":"2021","journal-title":"Behaviour Research and Therapy"},{"issue":"2","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib42","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"227","DOI":"10.1080\/02699931.2024.2405008","article-title":"Investigating the role of mental imagery use in the assessment of anhedonia","volume":"39","author":"Ji","year":"2025","journal-title":"Cognition & Emotion"},{"issue":"2","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib43","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"446","DOI":"10.1037\/0033-295X.112.2.446","article-title":"Imaginary relish and exquisite torture: The elaborated intrusion theory of desire","volume":"112","author":"Kavanagh","year":"2005","journal-title":"Psychological Review"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib44","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.janxdis.2022.102640","article-title":"Long-term outcomes of cognitive behavioural therapy for social anxiety disorder: A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials","volume":"92","author":"Kindred","year":"2022","journal-title":"Journal of Anxiety Disorders"},{"issue":"9","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib45","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"635","DOI":"10.1038\/35090055","article-title":"Neural foundations of imagery","volume":"2","author":"Kosslyn","year":"2001","journal-title":"Nature Reviews Neuroscience"},{"issue":"9","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib46","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"606","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1525-1497.2001.016009606.x","article-title":"The PHQ-9: Validity of a brief depression severity measure","volume":"16","author":"Kroenke","year":"2001","journal-title":"Journal of General Internal Medicine"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib47","first-page":"139","article-title":"Untersuchungen mit einer deutschen version der\" positive and negative affect schedule\"(PANAS)","volume":"42","author":"Krohne","year":"1996","journal-title":"Diagnostica-Gottingen-"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib48","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.brat.2022.104130","article-title":"Future-oriented imagery rescripting facilitates conducting behavioral experiments in social anxiety","volume":"155","author":"Landkroon","year":"2022","journal-title":"Behaviour Research and Therapy"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib49","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"495","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1469-8986.1979.tb01511.x","article-title":"A bio-informational theory of emotional imagery","volume":"16","author":"Lang","year":"1979","journal-title":"Psychophysiology"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib50","author":"Leiner"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib51","first-page":"141","article-title":"Social phobia","volume":"22","author":"Liebowitz","year":"1987"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib52","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"61","DOI":"10.1016\/S0165-0327(03)00198-8","article-title":"Measuring depression outcome with a brief self-report instrument: Sensitivity to change of the patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9)","volume":"81","author":"L\u00f6we","year":"2002","journal-title":"Journal of Affective Disorders"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib53","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"29","DOI":"10.1016\/j.addbeh.2014.09.016","article-title":"The elaborated intrusion theory of desire: A 10-year retrospective and implications for addiction treatments","volume":"44","author":"May","year":"2015","journal-title":"Addictive Behaviors"},{"issue":"5","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib54","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"368","DOI":"10.1016\/S2215-0366(14)70329-3","article-title":"Psychological and pharmacological interventions for social anxiety disorder in adults: A systematic review and network meta-analysis","volume":"1","author":"Mayo-Wilson","year":"2014","journal-title":"The Lancet Psychiatry"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib55","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"210","DOI":"10.1111\/1467-8721.00151","article-title":"Anticipated emotions as guides to choice","volume":"10","author":"Mellers","year":"2001","journal-title":"Current Directions in Psychological Science"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib56","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"73","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jbtep.2016.12.002","article-title":"Negative rumination in social anxiety: A randomized trial investigating the effects of a brief intervention on cognitive processes before, during and after a social situation","volume":"55","author":"Modini","year":"2017","journal-title":"Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry"},{"issue":"10","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib57","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"590","DOI":"10.1016\/j.tics.2015.08.003","article-title":"Mental imagery: Functional mechanisms and clinical applications","volume":"19","author":"Pearson","year":"2015","journal-title":"Trends in Cognitive Sciences"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib58","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.brat.2019.103463","article-title":"Incentive-based extinction of safety behaviors: Positive outcomes competing with aversive outcomes trigger fear-opposite action to prevent protection from fear extinction","volume":"121","author":"Pittig","year":"2019","journal-title":"Behaviour Research and Therapy"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib59","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"69","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jbtep.2018.04.002","article-title":"Social and monetary incentives counteract fear-driven avoidance: Evidence from approach-avoidance decisions","volume":"60","author":"Pittig","year":"2018","journal-title":"Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib60","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jbtep.2019.101524","article-title":"Costly avoidance in anxious individuals: Elevated threat avoidance in anxious individuals under high, but not low competing rewards","volume":"66","author":"Pittig","year":"2020","journal-title":"Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib61","series-title":"Anhedonia: Preclinical, translational, and clinical integration","volume":"58","year":"2022"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib62","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"76","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jpsychires.2008.03.001","article-title":"Reduced hedonic capacity in major depressive disorder: Evidence from a probabilistic reward task","volume":"43","author":"Pizzagalli","year":"2008","journal-title":"Journal of Psychiatric Research"},{"issue":"8","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib63","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"741","DOI":"10.1016\/S0005-7967(97)00022-3","article-title":"A cognitive-behavioral model of anxiety in social phobia","volume":"35","author":"Rapee","year":"1997","journal-title":"Behaviour Research and Therapy"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib64","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.brat.2025.104907","article-title":"Augmenting in vivo exposure with reward-focused strategies: A randomized controlled trial providing preliminary evidence for improved outcomes in individuals with elevated anhedonia","volume":"195","author":"Regorius","year":"2025","journal-title":"Behaviour Research and Therapy"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib65","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"51","DOI":"10.1016\/j.brat.2019.02.002","article-title":"Mental imagery as a \u201cmotivational amplifier\u201d to promote activities","volume":"114","author":"Renner","year":"2019","journal-title":"Behaviour Research and Therapy"},{"issue":"2","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib66","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.32872\/cpe.3013","article-title":"Prospective mental imagery in depression: Impact on reward processing and reward-motivated behaviour","volume":"3","author":"Renner","year":"2021","journal-title":"Clinical Psychology in Europe"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib67","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"81","DOI":"10.1093\/scan\/nsw149","article-title":"Spatiotemporal dissociation of brain activity underlying threat and reward in social anxiety disorder","volume":"12","author":"Richey","year":"2017","journal-title":"Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib68","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.janxdis.2024.102911","article-title":"Reward processes in extinction learning and applications to exposure therapy","volume":"106","author":"Rosenberg","year":"2024","journal-title":"Journal of Anxiety Disorders"},{"issue":"9","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib69","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"657","DOI":"10.1038\/nrn2213","article-title":"Remembering the past to imagine the future: The prospective brain","volume":"8","author":"Schacter","year":"2007","journal-title":"Nature Reviews Neuroscience"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib70","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"39","DOI":"10.1196\/annals.1440.001","article-title":"Episodic simulation of future events: Concepts, data, and applications","volume":"1124","author":"Schacter","year":"2008","journal-title":"Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib71","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"677","DOI":"10.1016\/j.neuron.2012.11.001","article-title":"The future of memory: Remembering, imagining, and the brain","volume":"76","author":"Schacter","year":"2012","journal-title":"Neuron"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib72","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"41","DOI":"10.1016\/j.cobeha.2017.06.002","article-title":"Episodic future thinking: Mechanisms and functions","volume":"17","author":"Schacter","year":"2017","journal-title":"Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences"},{"issue":"5","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib73","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"967","DOI":"10.1016\/j.beth.2019.03.001","article-title":"Modeling hierarchical versus random exposure schedules in Pavlovian fear extinction: No evidence for differential fear outcomes","volume":"50","author":"Scheveneels","year":"2019","journal-title":"Behavior Therapy"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib74","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"138","DOI":"10.1016\/j.psychres.2017.11.060","article-title":"Psychometric evaluation of the temporal experience of pleasure scale (TEPS) in a German sample","volume":"260","author":"Simon","year":"2018","journal-title":"Psychiatry Research"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib75","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.cognition.2025.106082","article-title":"Mental imagery shapes emotions in people's decisions related to risk taking","volume":"257","author":"Smieja","year":"2025","journal-title":"Cognition"},{"issue":"5","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib76","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"849","DOI":"10.1016\/j.janxdis.2007.08.011","article-title":"Screening for social phobia in medical in-and outpatients with the German version of the Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN)","volume":"22","author":"Sosic","year":"2008","journal-title":"Journal of Anxiety Disorders"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib77","series-title":"Die liebowitz soziale angst-skala (LSAS)","author":"Stangier","year":"2003"},{"issue":"2","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib78","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"476","DOI":"10.1093\/ije\/dyu038","article-title":"The global prevalence of common mental disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis 1980\u20132013","volume":"43","author":"Steel","year":"2014","journal-title":"International Journal of Epidemiology"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib79","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"143","DOI":"10.1186\/s12916-017-0889-2","article-title":"The cross-national epidemiology of social anxiety disorder: Data from the World Mental Health Survey Initiative","volume":"15","author":"Stein","year":"2017","journal-title":"BMC Medicine"},{"issue":"2","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib80","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"642","DOI":"10.1073\/pnas.0610082104","article-title":"Neural substrates of envisioning the future","volume":"104","author":"Szpunar","year":"2007","journal-title":"Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib81","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"129","DOI":"10.1037\/a0022127","article-title":"To see ourselves as others see us: An experimental integration of the intra and interpersonal consequences of self-protection in social anxiety disorder","volume":"120","author":"Taylor","year":"2011","journal-title":"Journal of Abnormal Psychology"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib82","series-title":"Anhedonia: Preclinical, translational, and clinical integration","first-page":"201","article-title":"Anhedonia in anxiety disorders","author":"Taylor","year":"2022"},{"issue":"3","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib83","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"265","DOI":"10.1001\/jamapsychiatry.2019.3986","article-title":"Long-term outcomes of cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety-related disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"77","author":"Van Dis","year":"2020","journal-title":"JAMA Psychiatry"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib84","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"87","DOI":"10.1177\/1073858419834517","article-title":"How reward and aversion shape motivation and decision making: A computational account","volume":"26","author":"Verharen","year":"2020","journal-title":"The Neuroscientist"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib85","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"51","DOI":"10.1016\/j.biopsycho.2012.01.006","article-title":"Extinction, generalization, and return of fear: A critical review of renewal research in humans","volume":"92","author":"Vervliet","year":"2013","journal-title":"Biological Psychology"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib86","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1063","DOI":"10.1037\/0022-3514.54.6.1063","article-title":"The development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect: The PANAS scales","volume":"54","author":"Watson","year":"1988","journal-title":"Journal of Personality and Social Psychology"},{"issue":"3","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib87","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"131","DOI":"10.1111\/j.0963-7214.2005.00355.x","article-title":"Affective forecasting: Knowing what to want","volume":"14","author":"Wilson","year":"2005","journal-title":"Current Directions in Psychological Science"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib88","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"377","DOI":"10.1186\/s12888-017-1545-2","article-title":"Mini - Social phobia inventory (mini-SPIN): Psychometric properties and population based norms of the German version","volume":"17","author":"Wiltink","year":"2017","journal-title":"BMC Psychiatry"},{"issue":"20","key":"10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138_bib89","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2191","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.2013.281053","article-title":"World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki: Ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects (amended 2018)","volume":"310","year":"2013","journal-title":"JAMA"}],"container-title":["Behaviour Research and Therapy"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S0005796726001919?httpAccept=text\/xml","content-type":"text\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S0005796726001919?httpAccept=text\/plain","content-type":"text\/plain","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,6]],"date-time":"2026-10-06T21:08:16Z","timestamp":1791320896000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0005796726001919"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,10]]},"references-count":89,"alternative-id":["S0005796726001919"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138","relation":{},"ISSN":["0005-7967"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0005-7967","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026,10]]},"assertion":[{"value":"Elsevier","name":"publisher","label":"This article is maintained by"},{"value":"Effects of prospective mental imagery on approach motivation and behavioral engagement in social anxiety","name":"articletitle","label":"Article Title"},{"value":"Behaviour Research and Therapy","name":"journaltitle","label":"Journal Title"},{"value":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.brat.2026.105138","name":"articlelink","label":"CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version"},{"value":"article","name":"content_type","label":"Content Type"},{"value":"\u00a9 2026 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.","name":"copyright","label":"Copyright"}],"article-number":"105138"}}