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Avoidance of emotional facial expressions in social anxiety: the approach-avoidance task

Heuer, Kathrin, Rinck, Mike, Becker, Eni S.·2007·Behaviour Research and Therapy
DOI 10.1016/j.brat.2007.08.010
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The Approach-Avoidance Task (AAT) was employed to indirectly investigate avoidance reactions to stimuli of potential social threat. Forty-three highly socially anxious individuals (HSAs) and 43 non-anxious controls (NACs) reacted to pictures of emotional facial expressions (angry, neutral, or smiling) or to control pictures (puzzles) by pulling a joystick towards themselves (approach) versus pushing it away from themselves (avoidance). HSAs showed stronger avoidance tendencies than NACs for smiling as well as angry faces, whereas no group differences were found for neutral faces and puzzles. In contrast, valence ratings of the emotional facial expressions did not differ between groups. A critical discrepancy between direct and indirect measures was observed for smiling faces: HSAs evaluated them positively, but reacted to them with avoidance.

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Authors
Heuer, K., Rinck, M., & Becker, E. S.
Affiliations
  • Technische Universität Dresden (DE)
  • Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
Corresponding author
Heuer, Kathrin
ORCID
Becker, Eni S.
Venue
Behaviour Research and Therapy
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2007-12
Volume
45
Issue
12
Pages
2990-3001
ISSN
0005-7967 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.brat.2007.08.010
OpenAlex
W2132361143
Cited by
380
References
59
Citations by year
2026: 10 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 23 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 29 · 2020: 30 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 24 · 2017: 31 · 2016: 23 · 2015: 21 · 2014: 29 · 2013: 21 · 2012: 11
FWCI
10.24
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Behaviour Research and Therapy (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • Radboud Universiteit
  • Technische Universität Dresden
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
Keywords
social anxiety, emotional facial expressions, avoidance behavior, approach-avoidance task, angry faces, smiling faces, emotional valence, direct and indirect measures, social danger
MeSH terms
Adult, Anger, Anxiety Disorders, Emotions, Facial Expression, Female, Humans, Male, Smiling, Social Behavior, Social Perception, Visual Perception, Case-Control Studies

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