Gaze direction differentially affects avoidance tendencies to happy and angry faces in socially anxious individuals

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 290-294

  Roelofs, Karin ^a   Putman, Peter ^a   Schouten, Sonja ^a   Lange, Wolf Gero ^b   Volman, Inge ^a,c   Rinck, Mike ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AAT; Approach avoidance behavior; Emotional facial expressions; Motivational behavior; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GAZE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950057709     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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