The increased attention that researchers have paid
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Despite the increased attention that researchers have paid to social anxiety disorder (SAD), compared with other anxiety and mood disorders, relatively little is known about the emotional and social factors that distinguish individuals who
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Sourced from the abstract and stated research gap of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2013 and 2026, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 143 times in total.
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Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps
- Distinguishing healthy adults from people with social anxiety disorder: Evidence for the value of experiential avoidance and positive emotions in everyday social interactions. (2013) · Journal of Abnormal Psychology · cited 131× · doi
Despite the increased attention that researchers have paid to social anxiety disorder (SAD), compared with other anxiety and mood disorders, relatively little is known about the emotional and social factors that distinguish individuals who meet diagnostic criteria from those who do not.
generalabstractevidence 5/5Keywords: social anxiety despite increased attention researchers paid disorder compared mood disorders relatively little known emotional - Symptoms of social anxiety, depression, and stress in parents of children with social anxiety disorder (2018) · British Journal of Clinical Psychology · cited 12× · doi
OBJECTIVES: It has been suggested that elevated maternal social anxiety may play a disorder-specific role in maintaining childhood social anxiety disorder (SAD), but few studies have examined whether mothers of children with SAD are more socially anxious than mothers of children with other anxiety disorders (ANX).
generalabstractevidence 5/5Keywords: anxiety social disorder mothers children objectives elevated maternal play specific role maintaining childhood examined whether - Neurophysiological sensitivity in early childhood: EEG aperiodic slope moderates the association between maternal anxiety and child internalizing symptoms (2026) · Development and Psychopathology · doi
The neurobiological mechanisms underlying the association between maternal anxiety symptoms and child internalizing symptoms are relatively unexplored. There is a need to investigate the role of EEG aperiodic slope in moderating the association between maternal anxiety symptoms and child internalizing symptoms.
generalstated research gapevidence 5/5Keywords: neurobiological mechanisms underlying association between maternal anxiety symptoms
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