Social anxiety and social cognition: The influence of sex

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 242-245

  Sutterby, Scott R ^a   Bedwell, Jeffrey S ^a   Passler, Jesse S ^a   Deptula, Andrew E ^a   Mesa, Franklin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional intelligence; Gender; Interpersonal relations; Social anxiety disorder; Social phobia; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; READING THE MIND IN THE EYES TEST; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PHOBIA AND ANXIETY INVENTORY; THE AWARENESS OF SOCIAL INFERENCE TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; COGNITION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SELF REPORT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84865102465     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.02.014     Document Type: Article

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