Virtual social interactions in social anxiety - The impact of sex, gaze, and interpersonal distance

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 547-554

  Wieser, Matthias J ^a   Pauli, Paul ^a   Grosseibl, Miriam ^a   Molzow, Ina ^a   Mühlberger, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANXIETY; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958168900     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2009.0432     Document Type: Article

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