The trauma of peer abuse: Effects of relational peer victimization and social anxiety disorder on physiological and affective reactions to social exclusion

The trauma of peer abuse: Effects of relational peer victimization and social anxiety disorder on physiological and affective reactions to social exclusion

Background: Social exclusion elicits emotional distress, negative mood and physiological stress. Recent studies showed that these effects were more intense and persisting in socially anxious subjects. The present study examined whether the abnormal reactions of socially anxious subjects can be trace...

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Main Authors: Benjamin eIffland, Lisa Margareta Sansen, Claudia eCatani, Frank eNeuner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
social exclusion
Social Anxiety Disorder
autonomic arousal
cyberball
Peer victimization
Physiological indices
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00026/full

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