Social anxiety and social cognition: The influence of sex

Sutterby, Scott R.; Bedwell, Jeffrey S.; Passler, Jesse S.; Deptula, Andrew E.; Mesa, Franklin

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2012.02.014

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“…Because individuals with high levels of social anxiety are excessively sensitive to negative emotional signals, it is possible that they confuse sad emotions with emotions that have a higher arousal level, such as anger and disgust. Previous studies have reported that individuals with social anxiety show characteristic patterns in social cognition (Sutterby et al, 2012). They may perceive feelings of anger or disgust in facial expressions that have only a slightly negative valence (Joormann & Gotlib, 2006;Simonian, Beidel, Turner, Berkes, & Long, 2001), as also shown in the current study.…”

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“…Cognitive or perceptual distortions towards the emotional responses of others, such as excessive sensitivity to others' emotions, may be connected with occurrences of social anxiety or social phobia, and thus may influence social function (Joormann & Gotlib, 2006;Sutterby, Bedwell, Passler, Deptula, & Mesa, 2012). Based on these findings, we hypothesise that interoceptive sensitivity has a large impact on individual cognitive traits for processing the emotional responses of others, as well as levels of social anxiety.…”

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Interoceptive sensitivity predicts sensitivity to the emotions of others

Terasawa

Moriguchi

Tochizawa

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Cognition and Emotion

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Some theories of emotion emphasise a close relationship between interoception and subjective experiences of emotion. In this study, we used facial expressions to examine whether interoceptive sensibility modulated emotional experience in a social context. Interoceptive sensibility was measured using the heartbeat detection task. To estimate individual emotional sensitivity, we made morphed photos that ranged between a neutral and an emotional facial expression (i.e., anger, sadness, disgust and happy). Recognition rates of particular emotions from these photos were calculated and considered as emotional sensitivity thresholds. Our results indicate that participants with accurate interoceptive awareness are sensitive to the emotions of others, especially for expressions of sadness and happy. We also found that false responses to sad faces were closely related with an individual's degree of social anxiety. These results suggest that interoceptive awareness modulates the intensity of the subjective experience of emotion and affects individual traits related to emotion processing.

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Interoceptive sensitivity predicts sensitivity to the emotions of others

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Tochizawa

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“…Scores on the Eyes Test differentiate premutation carriers from typical peers, even after controlling for IQ and age (Cornish, Kogan, et al, 2005), and a test of emotion recognition (an element of the Eyes Test) has revealed social cognition impairments specifically in women and girls with FXS (Mazzocco, et al, 1994). Of interest given estimates of social anxiety ranging from 23% to 50% in girls with FXS (Keysor & Mazzocco, 2002), Eyes Test scores in typically developing young women with high social anxiety were higher than in women with low social anxiety (Sutterby, Bedwell, Passler, Deptula, & Mesa, 2012)…”

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Social Cognition in Adolescent Girls With Fragile X Syndrome

Turkstra¹,

Abbeduto²,

Meulenbroek³

2014

American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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This study aimed to characterize social cognition, executive functions (EFs), and everyday social functioning in adolescent girls with fragile X syndrome, and identify relationships among these variables. Participants were 20 girls with FXS and 20 typically developing peers. Results showed significant between-groups differences in social cognition, accounted for by differences in IQ and language. Within the FXS group, IQ and language were related to social cognition; parent-reported social functioning was related to language and EFs; and self-reported social functioning was generally good and not related to cognitive or social cognition variables. Results suggest that intervention might focus on managing language and cognitive contributions to social functioning, rather than social cognition, and underscore the importance of considering parent and adolescent perspectives. (120 words)

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“…Although there is no direct support for advanced mindreading in socially anxious children, there is evidence of advanced mindreading in undergraduate female students with high levels of social anxiety (Sutterby et al., ). Also, there is indirect support for this theory from past studies that hypothesized that other sociocognitive abilities may be related to heightened social anxiety.…”

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Are Socially Anxious Children Poor or Advanced Mindreaders?

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Why are some children more socially anxious than others? One theory holds that socially anxious children are poor mindreaders, which hampers their social interactions; another that socially anxious children are advanced mindreaders leading to heightened self‐consciousness in social situations. To test these theories simultaneously, this study (N = 105, ages 8–12) assessed children's mindreading (accuracy in detecting mental states from the eye region), self‐consciousness (indexed as physiological blushing during public performance), and social anxiety levels. Results support both theories, showing a quadratic relation between mindreading and social anxiety. Low mindreading was related to clinical levels of social anxiety. High mindreading was related to subclinical levels of social anxiety through blushing. Our findings suggest two social‐cognitive pathways to heightened social anxiety.

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Social anxiety and social cognition: The influence of sex

Cited by 33 publications

References 31 publications

Interoceptive sensitivity predicts sensitivity to the emotions of others

Interoceptive sensitivity predicts sensitivity to the emotions of others

Social Cognition in Adolescent Girls With Fragile X Syndrome

Are Socially Anxious Children Poor or Advanced Mindreaders?

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