The causal role of self-awareness in blushing-anxious, socially-anxious and social phobics individuals

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1367-1384

  Bogels S M ^a   Lamers, C T J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blushing; Self awareness; Self focused attention; Social anxiety; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; AWARENESS; BLUSHING; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0036891066     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(01)00096-1     Document Type: Article

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