Trait social anxiety and physiological activation: Cardiovascular threat during social interaction

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-106

  Shimizu, Mitsuru ^a   Seery, Mark D ^b   Weisbuch, Max ^c   Lupien, Shannon P ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular reactivity; challenge and threat; psychophysiology; social interaction; trait social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650435144     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167210391674     Document Type: Article

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