TEXTO 1 Self-concept, social anxiety, and interpersonal perception skills

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(1) Thus, one would expect that socially anxious people would have difficulty in interactions involving a careful reading of the social environment, combined with appropriate responses to that environment. (2) Social anxiety influences social behavior, information processing, and the self concept. (3) This study adds to an understanding of social anxiety by focusing on the role it plays in social information processing. (4) Cognitive aspects of social anxiety include anxious thoughts and worries, especially in situations calling upon social skills (Crozier, 1979). Anxious self-preoccupation often arouses negative emotions that interfere with information processing (Sarason & Sarason, 1986). (5) One of the critical aspects of social interaction is nonverbal behavior—those behavioral cues that require close attention and skill in decoding (Costanzo & Archer, 1989). (6) Socially anxious people have been shown to have lower self-esteem, nervous behaviors, loneliness, and self preoccupation (Cheek, 1979).