Awakening to recognize the detrimental effects of social avoidance and the possibility of healing through reconnection.
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DOI: 10.1002/jclp.23136
Abstract: BACKGROUND Loneliness and social avoidance are widespread and serious mental health problems. People experiencing loneliness or social avoidance have difficulties maintaining ordinary life activities and often experience profound suffering. How do we as clinicians deal… read more here.
Keywords: recognize detrimental; loneliness social; social avoidance; detrimental effects ... See more keywords
Transdiagnostic conceptualization of social avoidance through the lens of personality functioning and traits.
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DOI: 10.1002/jclp.23160
Abstract: This commentary seeks to highlight how social avoidance is portrayed in the six presented case-reports from the perspective of self- and interpersonal functioning as well as stylistic trait features of negative affectivity (e.g., anxiousness and… read more here.
Keywords: social isolation; avoidance social; social avoidance; transdiagnostic conceptualization ... See more keywords
Guilt in the eyes: Eye movement and physiological evidence for guilt-induced social avoidance
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2017.03.007
Abstract: Abstract Guilt is widely acknowledged as an exemplary social emotion that is unpleasant but has positive interpersonal consequences. Previous empirical research focuses largely on documenting the behavioral consequences of guilt; less is known about the… read more here.
Keywords: partner; eye movement; guilt condition; social avoidance ... See more keywords
Autism symptoms, depression, and active social avoidance in schizophrenia: Association with self-reports and informant assessments of everyday functioning.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2019.05.010
Abstract: Autistic traits are a feature of schizophrenia and has been found to impair social functioning and social cognition. Other influences on social outcomes in schizophrenia include depression and social avoidance. However, challenges in self-assessment of… read more here.
Keywords: functioning social; social avoidance; self; everyday functioning ... See more keywords
Acute administration of fluoxetine increases social avoidance and risk assessment behaviors in a sex- and social stress-dependent manner in Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2022.173353
Abstract: Most studies investigating the effects of acute administration of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) on responses to social stress have been conducted with males. This is despite the fact that SSRIs remain the primary pharmacotherapy… read more here.
Keywords: stress; defeat; fluoxetine; social stress ... See more keywords
A projection from the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus to the shell of the nucleus accumbens contributes to footshock stress-induced social avoidance
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2020.100266
Abstract: The paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) is an area of the dorsal midline thalamus that contributes to footshock induced anxiety. The PVT sends a dense projection to the shell of the nucleus accumbens (NAcSh)… read more here.
Keywords: thalamus; paraventricular nucleus; social avoidance; stress ... See more keywords
Low-intensity focused ultrasound stimulation reverses social avoidance behavior in mice experiencing social defeat stress.
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DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhac037
Abstract: The excitatory neurons of the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) respond to social stimuli. However, little is known about how the neural activity is altered during social avoidance, and whether it could act as a target… read more here.
Keywords: focused ultrasound; intensity focused; avoidance; stimulation ... See more keywords
Assessment and implications of social withdrawal in early childhood: A first look at social avoidance
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DOI: 10.1111/sode.12258
Abstract: The goals of the present research were to: (a) develop and provide preliminary validation of a parent-rated measure of social avoidance in early childhood; and (b) to evaluate a conceptual model of the direct and… read more here.
Keywords: assessment implications; early childhood; social withdrawal; social avoidance ... See more keywords
Social Avoidance and Stigma Among Healthcare Workers Serving COVID-19 Patients in Saudi Arabia
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DOI: 10.1177/21582440221095845
Abstract: This study investigated the social impact of COVID-19 on healthcare workers and their relationships with their families and relatives. Data were collected from a sample of 226 healthcare workers (HCWs) using an analytical cross-sectional design.… read more here.
Keywords: social avoidance; covid patients; healthcare workers; avoidance stigma ... See more keywords
Social Avoidance and Social Adjustment: The Moderating Role of Emotion Regulation and Emotion Lability/Negativity Among Chinese Preschool Children
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.618670
Abstract: The present study explored the role of emotion regulation and emotion lability/negativity as a moderator in the relation between child social avoidance and social adjustment (i.e., interpersonal skills, asocial behavior, peer exclusion) in Chinese culture.… read more here.
Keywords: lability negativity; social avoidance; emotion regulation; emotion lability ... See more keywords
The moderating effect of marital conflict on the relationship between social avoidance and socio-emotional functioning among young children in suburban China
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1009528
Abstract: Social avoidance has been found to be related to negative social adjustment, yet evidence of the relationship between social avoidance and social adjustment is very limited in suburban preschoolers in China. Moreover, the underlying mechanisms… read more here.
Keywords: avoidance; marital conflict; social avoidance; socio emotional ... See more keywords