Socially anxious individuals get a second chance after being disliked at first sight: The role of self-disclosure in the development of likeability in sequential social contact

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-17

  Voncken, M J ^a   Dijk, K F L ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

First impression; Likeability; Self disclosure; Social anxiety; Social anxiety disorder; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; CONVERSATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION ANXIETY SCALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; WAITING ROOM;

EID: 84876292156     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-012-9449-4     Document Type: Article

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