title: False heart-rate feedback, social anxiety and self-attribution of embarrassment.
abstract: 120 subjects high or low on social anxiety were asked to speak in front of a camera. While watching a replay of their performance, false heart-rate feedback was presented. Highly anxious subjects (n = 36) reported significantly more embarrassment than subjects who scored low in anxiety. Further, subjects reported being embarrassed according to the direction of false heart-rate information. Results offer support for the self-attribution theory of emotions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University College London.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shahidi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Baluch
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D001143:Arousal; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept; D012919:Social Behavior