Cultural differences in perceived social norms and social anxiety

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1187-1197

  Heinrichs, Nina ^a   Rapee, Ronald M ^b   Alden, Lynn A ^c   Bögels, Susan ^d   Hofmann, Stefan G ^e   Ja Oh, Kyung ^f   Sakano, Yuji ^g  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^g WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Behavior; Blushing; Culture; Norms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIOLOGY; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLUSHING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 33745194342     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2005.09.006     Document Type: Article

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