Social anxiety and interpretation of ambiguous smiles

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 74-89

  Gutiérrez García, Aida ^a   Calvo, Manuel G ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE BURGOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ambiguity; facial expression; interpretive bias; smile; social anxiety; threat

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RECOGNITION; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SMILING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887856029     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2013.794941     Document Type: Article

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