A new study found that adolescents who were asked to focus their attention inward and monitor their performance during a conversation task experienced more anxiety, appeared more anxious, and performed worse as conversation partners than those who were instructed to focus their attention on their partners. The findings, published in PLOS One, suggest that self-focused … Continue reading Focusing on oneself and using safety behaviors during conversation unintentionally perpetuates social anxiety
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