Examining the Relationships Among Social Anxiety, Fears of Evaluation, and Interpretation Bias

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 646-657

  Dryman, M Taylor ^a   Heimberg, Richard G ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fear of negative evaluation; Fear of positive evaluation; Interpretation bias; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ARTICLE; BRIEF FEAR OF NEGATIVE EVALUATION SCALE; FEAR; FEAR OF NEGATIVE EVALUATION; FEAR OF POSITIVE EVALUATION; FEAR OF POSITIVE EVALUATION SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPRETATION BIAS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION PHOBIA SCALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

EID: 84941424627     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-015-9694-4     Document Type: Article

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