Failure to capitalize on sharing good news with romantic partners: Exploring positivity deficits of socially anxious people with self-reports, partner-reports, and behavioral observations

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 656-668

  Kashdan, Todd B ^a   Ferssizidis, Patty ^a   Farmer, Antonina S ^a   Adams, Leah M ^a   McKnight, Patrick E ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capitalization; Dyadic analyses; Relationship commitment; Relationship satisfaction; Social anxiety; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAPITALIZATION ATTEMPT; CAPITALIZATION SUPPORT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POSITIVITY DEFICIT; SATISFACTION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ANXIETY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CAPITALIZATION; DYADIC ANALYSES; RELATIONSHIP COMMITMENT; RELATIONSHIP SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ANXIETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES;

EID: 84880998231     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2013.04.006     Document Type: Article

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