Hypermentalizing in Social Anxiety: Evidence for a Context-Dependent Relationship

Hypermentalizing in Social Anxiety: Evidence for a Context-Dependent Relationship

Social anxiety (SA) means fear of scrutiny and of others’ negative evaluation, thus indicating that hypermentalizing (HMZ) (i.e., the over-attribution of intentions and thoughts to others) might be the most common error of social cognition in SA. However, evidence for this is weak. One explanation i...

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Main Authors: Sergi Ballespí, Jaume Vives, Carla Sharp, Andrea Tobar, Neus Barrantes-Vidal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
social anxiety
social cognition
mentalization
hypermentalizing
context-dependency
self-image
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01501/full

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