Blushing in early childhood: Feeling coy or socially anxious?

Volume: 16, Issue: 4, Pages: 475 - 487
Published: Jun 1, 2016
Abstract
Blushing has adaptive social functions. However, blushing is also assumed to be a hallmark of social anxiety and shyness. For the first time, blushing and its relation to the expressions of shyness and social anxiety was examined in early childhood. Four-and-a-half-year-old children (N = 102) were asked to perform (singing in front of an audience) and watched back their performance in the presence of that audience. Physiological blushing (blood...
Paper Details
Title
Blushing in early childhood: Feeling coy or socially anxious?
Published Date
Jun 1, 2016
Journal
Volume
16
Issue
4
Pages
475 - 487
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