Social anxiety and social norms in individualistic and collectivistic countries

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1128-1134

  Schreier, Sina Simone ^a   Heinrichs, Nina ^a   Alden, Lynn ^b   Rapee, Ronald M ^c   Hofmann, Stefan G ^d   Chen, Junwen ^e   Oh, Kyung Ja ^f   Bögels, Susan ^g  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

culture; etiology; individualism; simpat a; social anxiety disorder; social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTIONS TO SOCIAL BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION ANXIETY SCALE; SOCIAL NORM; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; AUSTRALIA; COSTA RICA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECUADOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUATION; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650007813     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20746     Document Type: Article

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