Background and objectives Reinforcement learning biases have been empirically linked to
anhedonia in depression and theoretically linked to social anhedonia in social anxiety …

This study examined whether comorbid symptoms influence the attentional biases
associated with social anxiety and dysphoria using the Emotional Stroop Task (EST) …

Previous research revealed an automatic behavioral bias in high socially anxious
individuals (HSAs): although their explicit evaluations of smiling faces are positive, they …

Exposure-based therapies are efficacious treatments for social anxiety disorder (ie, Gould,
RA, Buckminster, S., Pollack, MH, Otto, MW, & Yap, L.(1997). Cognitive-behavioral and …

Self-focused attention is a notable feature of social anxiety, yet research has not established
its function. We hypothesized that self-focused attention may reflect attempts to control or …

Two experiments were conducted to examine the link between safety behaviors and social
judgments in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Safety behaviors were manipulated in the …

We investigated the mediating effects of anxiety and mind wandering in the relationship
between stereotype threat and academic performance, testing our multiple mediation model …

Background and objectives Current cognitive models of social anxiety disorder (SAD)
propose that individual, situation-specific self-beliefs are central to SAD. However, the role of …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between social anxiety
disorder, shyness, and perceived social self-efficacy in college students. Data were …

This study tested the utility of the integration of self-efficacy theory and self-presentation
theory of social anxiety. The study examined:(1) the relationship between general social …