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Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which demographic has experienced an increase in social anxiety?
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which demographic has experienced an increase in social anxiety?
- Older adults
- Children
- Middle-aged adults
- Young adults (correct)
What is a key characteristic of Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) that significantly affects interpersonal relationships?
What is a key characteristic of Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) that significantly affects interpersonal relationships?
- A fear of evaluation and avoidance of social situations (correct)
- A tendency to dominate social interactions
- An excessive need for social interaction
- An indifference to social norms
What role does social cognitive ability play in interpersonal relationships?
What role does social cognitive ability play in interpersonal relationships?
- It has no impact on interpersonal relationships
- It is associated with beneficial outcomes in interpersonal relationships (correct)
- It begins in adulthood and extends into childhood
- It is irrelevant to relationship satisfaction
What is a significant distinction between measuring empathic processes based on self-report versus behavioral assessments?
What is a significant distinction between measuring empathic processes based on self-report versus behavioral assessments?
Why is examining valence-specific associations of social anxiety (SA) on social cognitive processes important?
Why is examining valence-specific associations of social anxiety (SA) on social cognitive processes important?
What factors might statistical covariates account for in associations between social anxiety (SA) and social cognition?
What factors might statistical covariates account for in associations between social anxiety (SA) and social cognition?
What is the primary aim of the systematic review mentioned in the text regarding social anxiety and social cognition?
What is the primary aim of the systematic review mentioned in the text regarding social anxiety and social cognition?
Which framework was used to classify social cognition tasks into their respective domains?
Which framework was used to classify social cognition tasks into their respective domains?
What are examples of lower-level processes of social cognition?
What are examples of lower-level processes of social cognition?
What is the purpose of using a common metric (Cohen's d) when coding effect sizes from different studies?
What is the purpose of using a common metric (Cohen's d) when coding effect sizes from different studies?
Why did the researchers exclude studies containing individuals with comorbid disorders who did not have a primary diagnosis of SA?
Why did the researchers exclude studies containing individuals with comorbid disorders who did not have a primary diagnosis of SA?
If a researcher is using a video task to look at empathic accuracy, how is the score for empathic accuracy created?
If a researcher is using a video task to look at empathic accuracy, how is the score for empathic accuracy created?
What is cognitive empathy most related to?
What is cognitive empathy most related to?
What is affective empathy related to?
What is affective empathy related to?
According to one study, what type of stimuli was associated with decreased accuracy for those with high social anxiety?
According to one study, what type of stimuli was associated with decreased accuracy for those with high social anxiety?
According to the findings of the study, what can be said regarding the measurements of social perception? (i.e., greater SA associated with decreased social perception)
According to the findings of the study, what can be said regarding the measurements of social perception? (i.e., greater SA associated with decreased social perception)
What is true of the link between SA and negative stimuli?
What is true of the link between SA and negative stimuli?
In the examined studies, what kind of emotion task led to more consistent results?
In the examined studies, what kind of emotion task led to more consistent results?
In the studies reviewed, for who was there a positive link between SA and social cognition?
In the studies reviewed, for who was there a positive link between SA and social cognition?
In the studies reviewed, the presence of alexithymia and depression seems to be important when considering what?
In the studies reviewed, the presence of alexithymia and depression seems to be important when considering what?
Flashcards
Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD)
Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD)
A mental illness characterized by a fear of evaluation and avoidance of social situations.
Social Cognitive Ability
Social Cognitive Ability
The ability to accurately understand others' thoughts and emotions.
Social Cognition: Lower-Level Processes
Social Cognition: Lower-Level Processes
Lower-level processes deal with the recognition of basic social-emotional cues.
Social Cognition: Higher-Level Processes
Social Cognition: Higher-Level Processes
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Cognitive Empathy
Cognitive Empathy
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Social Anxiety and Empathy
Social Anxiety and Empathy
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Self-Reported Empathy
Self-Reported Empathy
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Behavioral Assessments of Social Cognition
Behavioral Assessments of Social Cognition
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statistical covariates
statistical covariates
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Attentional Biases
Attentional Biases
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Study Notes
- Since January 2020, Elsevier has operated a COVID-19 resource center.
- The information is free in both English and Mandarin.
- The coronavirus is called COVID-19.
- The COVID-19 resource center can be found on Elsevier Connect.
- Elsevier grants permission for its COVID-19 research available on its resource center to be immediately accessible in PubMed Central among other publicly funded repositories.
- WHO COVID database is included in this.
- Access grants rights for unrestricted research reuse with acknowledgement of the original source.
Social Anxiety and Cognition
- Social anxiety (SA) is highly prevalent, especially among young adults since the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Social anxiety can negatively impact social skills, and identify areas of impairments.
- Mixed evidence exists regarding associations between social anxiety and social cognition.
- To summarize the literature on the association between social anxiety and social cognition, a systematic review was undertaken.
- 52 studies were identified through a systematic search.
- Results showed mixed evidence for the association between social anxiety and lower-level social cognitive processes like emotion recognition and affect sharing.
- A pattern was seen with higher-level social cognitive processes like theory of mind and empathic accuracy.
- Most studies examining valence-specific effects showed a significant negative association for positive and neutral stimuli.
- Potential moderators and covariates should be included in future investigations.
- Interpersonal functioning was examined outside of the laboratory.
- Interventions could study the role of attention or interpretation biases on social cognitive performance.
- Cognitive behavioral interventions may benefit from social cognitive training for social anxiety.
- Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a common mental illness, with increased SA in young adults since the COVID-19 pandemic onset.
- SAD is characterized by a fear of evaluation and avoidance of social situations, which affects social functioning negatively.
- SAD individuals report interpersonal problems and difficulty maintaining relationships.
- SAD has a negative impact on occupational and educational functioning, above and beyond the effects of comorbidities including depression
- Social cognitive ability is the capacity to understand others' thoughts and emotions.
- Social cognitive ability links to beneficial interpersonal relationships throughout life.
- Aspects of social cognition may increase existing knowledge around the development and maintenance of social anxiety disorder.
- Schizophrenia and autism spectrum diagnoses have also used standardized measures of social cognition in studies.
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