Fear of blushing: No overestimation of negative anticipated interpersonal effects, but a high-subjective probability of blushing

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-74

  Dijk, Corine ^a   De Jong, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anticipated judgment; Blushing; Fear of blushing; Meta perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHOBIA; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

EID: 64949187188     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-007-9145-y     Document Type: Article

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