Socially Anxious Tendencies Affect Impressions of Others' Gaze

Socially anxious tendencies have potential to become social anxiety disorder, which is characterized by fear of social situations associated with being evaluated or embarrassed by others. In particular, others' gazes induce social anxiety. People with social anxiety disorder have a negative interpretation bias toward ambiguous emotions in others' faces; however, negative interpretation bias toward ambiguous emotions in others' gazes has not been fully investigated.