EYE CONTACT AS BODY LANGUAGE
Eye contact serves a social function, which includes creating intimacy and showing social competence. In social anxiety, however, it is a source of anxiety leading the...
IS A CHILD’S SILENCE DURING SOCIAL SITUATIONS A SIGN OF SOCIAL ANXIETY?
Selective mutism (SM) refers to the child’s and/or adolescents’ persistent inability to speak in certain social situations, even though they are perfectly able to speak and...
DOES OXYTOCIN IMPROVE SYMPTOMS OF SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER?
Oxytocin, the love hormone, can help reduce fear-related symptoms in generalized social anxiety disorder.
ARE PEOPLE WITH SOCIAL ANXIETY ONLY CONCERNED WITH SIGNS OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION?
In social anxiety there is a tendency to pay particular attention to cues signaling social disapproval. However, if the person perceives signs of social disapproval, they may start looking for passive signs of social approval elsewhere to compensate for the feeling of rejection.
WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL ANXIETY AND POOR SKILLS IN READING COMPREHENSION?
Finding out what the relationship between social anxiety and low academic scores in children is by looking into reading comprehension.
ARE PEOPLE WITH SOCIAL ANXIETY AFRAID OF RECEIVING POSITIVE EVALUATIONS?
Social anxiety is not just about being uncomfortable with positive evaluation, it is also about being afraid of receiving positive evaluations.
IS EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE RELEVANT IN SOCIAL PHOBIA?
The interpersonal and intrapersonal domains of emotional intelligence are relevant factors in understanding social phobia
IS TKS THE SAME AS SOCIAL ANXIETY?
Taijin kyofusho (TKS) is a social phobia syndrome found only in Japan and Korea. Examining the characteristics of TKS suggest a link with social interaction anxiety
IS SOCIAL ANXIETY THE EXPRESSION OF SOCIAL SUBMISSION?
Social anxiety can be seen as a form of social submissiveness, thus signaling to the others a low social status and limiting ‘social damage”.
DOES BEING AFRAID OF UNFAMILIAR PLACES/PEOPLE AS A CHILD PREDICT LATER DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL ANXIETY?
Children with behavioral inhibition are often uncomfortable in novel situations, are afraid of strangers, and do not interact with their environment. This inhibited temperament puts them at risk for social anxiety in adulthood