Social Anxiety Is Negatively Associated With Theory of Mind an Empathic Accuracy

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作者
Alvi, Talha [1 ]
Kouros, Chrystyna D. [1 ]
Lee, Junghee [2 ,3 ]
Fulford, Daniel [4 ]
Tabak, Benjamin A. [1 ]
机构
[1] Southern Methodist Univ, Dept Psychol, 6116 North Cent Expressway,POB 750442, Dallas, TX 75206 USA
[2] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Semel Inst Neurosci & Human Behav, Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA
[3] VA Greater Angeles Healthcare Syst, Los Angeles, CA USA
[4] Boston Univ, Dept Occupat Therapy & Rehabil Sci, Boston, MA 02215 USA
关键词
social anxiety; social cognition; theory of mind; empathic accuracy; EMOTION; COGNITION; RECOGNITION; PERSONALITY; VALIDATION; DISORDER; VERSION; TRAITS; MODELS; PHOBIA;
D O I
10.1037/abn0000493
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
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040203 ;
摘要
Social anxiety interferes with accurate perceptions of others' thoughts and intentions, yet studies examining the association between social anxiety and social cognition have resulted in mixed findings. We examined the association between dimensional levels of social anxiety and assessments of lower- and higher-level social cognition. In Study 1 (n = 1485), we found that social anxiety was negatively related to accuracy in an assessment of higher-level social cognition (i.e., theory of mind) across all stimuli. However, no consistent association was found between social anxiety and accuracy in an assessment of lower-level social cognition (i.e., emotion recognition). In Study 2 (n = 363), we found that social anxiety was negatively associated with another higher-level form of social cognition, empathic accuracy, for positive but not negative stimuli. These findings demonstrate that social anxiety is negatively associated with higher-level social cognition but not lower-level social cognition, and this association appears to be more consistent for positive stimuli.
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