Abstract Models of social anxiety disorder (SAD) and research indicate several cognitive
and behavioural maintaining factors that perpetuate social anxiety (ie, maladaptive social …

Theoretical models of social anxiety disorder (SAD) have identified several cognitive factors
(fear of negative evaluation [FNE], self‐perception, self‐esteem, and post‐event processing …

Abstract Background The Social Anxiety Questionnaire (SAQ) was designed to assess five
dimensions of social anxiety as posited by the Clark and Wells'(1995; Clark, 2001) cognitive …

Wang, Hsu, Chiu, and Liang (2012, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 26, 215–224) recently
proposed a hierarchical model of social interaction anxiety and depression to account for …

Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a common, distressing and persistent mental illness. Recent
studies have identified a number of psychological factors that could explain the maintenance …

Pioneering models of social anxiety disorder (SAD) underscored fear of negative evaluation
(FNE) as central in the disorder's development. Additional cognitive predictors have since …

Cognitive-behavioural models propose that excessive fear of negative evaluation is central
to social anxiety. Moscovitch (2009) instead proposes that perceived deficiencies in three …

What are the major vulnerabilities in people with social anxiety? What are the most
promising directions for translational research pertaining to this condition? The present …

Background Social anxiety disorder (SAD; ie social phobia) is characterized by excessive
fear of social or performance situations, and is the fourth most common mental disorder …

Contemporary cognitive models suggest that social anxiety disorder arises from a number of
cognitive factors, including tendencies to form pessimistic (rather than optimistic) attributions …