Socially anxious individuals lack unintentional mimicry
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- 作者：Janna N. Vrijsen ; Wolf-Gero Lange ; Eni S. Becker ; Mike Rinck
- 关键词：Social anxiety ; Mimicry ; Social behavior ; Virtual reality
- 刊名：Behaviour Research and Therapy
- 出版年：2010
- 出版时间：June 2010
- 年：2010
- 卷：48
- 期：6
- 页码：561-564
- 全文大小：120 K
文摘
So far, evidence for unskilled social behavior in high socially anxious individuals (HAs) is equivocal. One reason may be that shortcomings are often not directly observable. An important shortcoming would be a lack of unintentional mimicry because it communicates sympathy and rapport with the interaction partner. Therefore, we tested whether HAs show less unintentional mimicry of others. Twenty-nine HAs and 43 low socially anxious individuals (LAs) - all female - watched a virtual man (avatar) who displayed a fixed set of head movements while giving an opinionated speech. Four raters scored whether the participants mimicked the avatar's movements within 4 s. The results indicate that HAs did indeed mimic significantly less than LAs. Lacking such pro-social behavior, HAs may indeed be evaluated as less sympathetic by others, confirming their fears of being disliked.