Physiological blushing in social anxiety disorder patients with and without blushing complaints: Two subtypes?

Biological Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 86-94

  Voncken, Marisol J ^a   Bögels, Susan M ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Blushing; Skin conductance; Skin temperature; Social anxiety disorder; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLUSHING; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349179169     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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