Social anxiety disorder represents a debilitating condition that has large adverse effects on
the quality of social connections, educational achievement and wellbeing. Age-of-onset data …

Objective We evaluated the utility of a novel, picture-based tool to measure how adolescents
interpret and attribute cause to social exchanges and whether biases in these processes …

Research studies applying cognitive bias modification of attention (CBM-A) and interpretations
(CBM-I) training to reduce adolescent anxiety by targeting associated cognitive biases …

Background and objectives Young people with social anxiety display poor social functioning
but it is unclear whether this is underscored by difficulties in key social cognitive abilities, …

Longitudinal studies offer a unique window into developmental change. Yet, most of what we
know about the pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders is based on cross-sectional work. …

Research has shown that difficulties with emotion regulation abilities in childhood and
adolescence increase the risk for developing symptoms of mental disorders, eg anxiety. We …

Adolescence is a sensitive period for increases in normative but also debilitating social
fears and worries. As the interpretation of interpersonal cues is pertinent to social anxiety, …

… Biases in the interpretation of ambiguous social information have also been found in socially
anxious youths (Haller et al. A novel picture-based tool for measuring interpretation biases …

Social anxiety is prevalent in adolescence. Given its role in maintaining fears, reducing social
avoidance through cognitive reappraisal may help attenuate social anxiety. We used fMRI-…

Group decision-making is required in early life in educational settings and central to a well-functioning
society. However, there is little research on group decision-making in adolescence…