471 search results for “social anxiety” in the Student website
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Podcast: Social Anxiety Disorder
Have you ever experienced the feeling of awkwardness when attending a party where you didn’t know anybody? Ever felt shy at a party within the first few minutes? While this feeling is labelled loosely as feeling socially anxious, social anxiety disorder goes to a much further extent.
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Brain changes underlying social anxiety: numbers count!
In a recent mega-analysis, researchers from Leiden University aimed to clarify the contradictory findings of research into social anxiety disorder. They found that to obtain reliable research results having the largest possible sample size is important. Publication in NeuroImage:Clinical.
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Anke BlöteFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Sara VelthuizenFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Michiel Westenberg advocates prevention for social anxiety: ‘Why wait until the damage has been done?’
Shyness is perfectly normal, Michiel Westenberg stated in his farewell lecture. But that doesn’t mean that social anxiety shouldn’t be identified and addressed in good time. ‘Serious shyness has strong genetic roots; you don’t just get over it.’
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Caroline Bokhorst
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Rüya AkdagFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Elise KortinkFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Evania Lina FasyaFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Semiha AydinFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Anke KleinFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Michiel WestenbergFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Janna Marie Bas-HoogendamFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Jiemiao ChenFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Cosima NimphyFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Evin AktarFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Why avoid my gaze?
Individuals suffering from social anxiety disorder (SAD) consistently avoid eye contact. However, in a non-clinical population, gaze avoidance in socially anxious individuals depends on social situations, Jiemiao Chen saw in a series of experiments, for which she used wearable eye-trackers. On 25 April…
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Esther van den Bos
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Sandy OvergaauwFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Blog - Stress, anxiety and adapting to uncertainty in everyday life
Our world may seem unpredictable and uncertain, especially when others are involved. When interacting with others, we cannot know for sure what they may be thinking or planning to do, but we do a good job guessing. This may not be so easy for everyone…
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Podcast: Training parents of anxiety prone toddlers
In this episode, we talk with Leonie Vreeke and Nina Komrij about the Cool Little Kids research project. CLK explores the effectiveness of training parents of anxiety prone toddlers to prevent their children from developing anxiety on a later age. Want to learn more about their research and discover…
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An app to help children overcome anxiety
Anke Klein and her team have devised a fun and useful app to help anxious children. In the app, children can upload a video of themselves showing, for example, something that went well for them and share their success with parents, granny or grandad. Developmental psychologist Klein talks about the…
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Anne VersluisFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Annelieke HagenFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Sepideh SaadatFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Erik de KwaadstenietFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Ellen de BruijnFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Berna GürogluFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Frank DoolaardFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Marc MolendijkFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Marieke BosFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Leonie VreekeFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Jacqueline Guicherit-Dicke
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Mario SeveroFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Social Sciences & Humanities Labs
The Social Sciences & Humanities (SSH) Labs at Leiden University are where innovative behavioural science research takes place in the domains of psychology, digital technology, language and the development of children and adolescents. We are always looking for participants for various research studi…
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Akrati SaxenaScience
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Digitalisation & Social Change
Explore how digital technologies reshape global societies by influencing interaction, engagement & control. Delve into digital interfaces' impact on societal inequalities.
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Koen CaminadaFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Christa ToblerFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jinxian WangFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Maarten BergFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Julia FolzFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Maedeh NasriFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Kiki SpoelstraFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Judi MesmanFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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The social roots of radicalisation: What Europe’s largest extremism study reveals
The rise of extremism in Europe has increased polarisation. The EU-funded DRIVE project, led by Tahir Abbas, Professor of Radicalisation Studies from Leiden University’s Institute of Security and Global Affairs, explores how social, structural, and individual factors contribute to radicalisation, offering…
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Programme FLO 2024: Social scientists branching out!
This FLO event is focusing on the overlap between all 4 programs (Psychology, Educational sciences, Political Sciences end Cultural anthropology) and aims to shed more light on what defines and unites us as Social Scientists. Where is the overlap in what we do, wo who are and what we strive for? The…
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Maartje WitloxFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Theodora SeliniotakiFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Mosaic 2.0 scholarship for Rüya Akdağ
Rüya Akdağ is part of a research team with the aim of further studying social anxiety. The Leiden psychologist receives the grant for her doctoral research on the role of emotions and cognition in the emergence and occurrence of social anxiety in adolescents.