Bias or reality? : negative perceptions of ambiguous social cues, social performance and physical arousal in socially anxious youth

Miers, A.C. (2010)

Doctoral Thesis

This thesis deals with the negative perceptions of socially anxious youth in three different cognitive domains: (a) interpretation of ambiguous social situations, (b) self-evaluation of social skills and nervous behaviors, and (c) perception of physical arousal during social situations. It also addresses the issue of whether socially anxious youth's negative cognitions are justified as based on objective sources of information, such as independent observers, same age peers and actual physical responding.

• Interpretation bias
• Negative bias
• Peer perceptions
• Physical arousal
• Self-monitoring processes
• Social anxiety
• Social skills deficit
• Subjective arousal
• Youth

• All authors: Miers, A.C.
• Supervisor: Westenberg, P.M.
• Co-supervisor: Blöte, A.W.
• Committee: -
• Qualification: Doctor (dr.)
• Awarding Institution: Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University
• Date: 2010-03-03
• ISBN (print): 9789090251448
• Court: LEI Universiteit Leiden