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"socially anxious" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you want to describe an individual who has difficulty interacting in social situations. For example: John was feeling socially anxious before his big presentation.
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The technical reasoning behind this is that socially anxious people have paired social situations-->anxiety.
None of the low socially anxious participants met criteria for social phobia.
Eight out of 26 (30.8%) high socially anxious participants met DSM-IV criteria for social phobia.
Beard and Amir (2008) found reductions in social anxiety symptoms following CBM-I in a highly socially anxious population.
We speculate that relatively low levels of salivary cortisol in socially anxious people may reflect how the adrenocortical system responds to social stress, allowing socially anxious individuals to cope and adapt to their environment.
Enter the socially anxious celebrities.
Lin described himself as "unnaturally socially anxious, with permanently self-cut hair".
A recent study found that people who are socially anxious but crave companionship were particularly susceptible to problematic Facebook use.
Participants were 19 high and 19 low socially anxious women.
Socially anxious women displayed relatively low levels of self-esteem on self-report measures.
These results suggest that addressing rumination may be useful in the treatment of socially anxious patients who struggle with anger.
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