Social anxiety and gaze avoidance: Averting gaze but not anxiety

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1110-1120

  Langer, Julia K ^a   Rodebaugh, Thomas L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye contact; Gaze avoidance; Safety behaviors; Social anxiety; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONVERSATION; GAZE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION ANXIETY SCALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

EID: 84892566781     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-013-9546-z     Document Type: Article

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