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Social Anxiety as a Moderator in the Relationship between Social Emotional Fluency and Eye Gaze

dc.contributor.advisorBachorowski, Jo-Anne
dc.contributor.authorKushner, Nicole
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-19T21:11:56Z
dc.date.available2015-11-19T21:11:56Z
dc.date.issued2015-04
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1803/7283
dc.descriptionSocial emotional fluency (SEF) is proposed as the qualitative and temporal dynamics of nonverbal social behavior. Social anxiety has been studied as affecting the production of many nonverbal behaviors, most notably eye gaze. It was predicted that social anxiety would moderate the effect of SEF on eye gaze behavior. Limited support was found for social anxiety as a moderator of SEF on eye gaze behavior. The research was conducted under Dr. Jo-Anne Bachorowski for the Honors Seminar PSY- 296B.en_US
dc.description.abstractEmotional intelligence and interpersonal sensitivity have been identified as key individual-difference abilities that are important for optimal social functioning. Social emotional fluency (SEF) is proposed as a behavioral component of these two constructs. SEF is focused on qualitative aspects and temporal dynamics of nonverbal social behavior. Social anxiety has been studied as affecting the production of many of these nonverbal behaviors, most notably eye gaze. It was predicted that social anxiety would moderate the effect of SEF on eye gaze behavior. Twenty-four dyads participated in a trip-planning paradigm designed to elicit a moderate amount of social anxiety. It was predicted that individuals with high SEF/low social anxiety would display the highest amounts of eye contact and that those with low SEF/high social anxiety would display the least. Limited support was found for social anxiety as a moderator of SEF on eye gaze behavior. Future research should investigate finding more support for social anxiety as a moderator of SEF on eye gaze behavior, as well as investigating whether the moderating effects extend to the production of other nonverbal behaviors.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThesis completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Honors Program in Psychological Sciencesen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherVanderbilt Universityen_US
dc.subjectSocial anxietyen_US
dc.subjectEye gazeen_US
dc.subjectSocial emotional fluencyen_US
dc.subjectModeratoren_US
dc.subject.lcshEmotionsen_US
dc.subject.lcshSocial phobiaen_US
dc.subject.lcshGaze -- Psychological aspectsen_US
dc.subject.lcshBody languageen_US
dc.subject.lcshEmotional intelligenceen_US
dc.titleSocial Anxiety as a Moderator in the Relationship between Social Emotional Fluency and Eye Gazeen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.collegeCollege of Arts and Scienceen_US
dc.description.schoolVanderbilt Universityen_US
dc.description.departmentPsychologyen_US


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