RU mad @ me? Social anxiety and interpretation of ambiguous text messages

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Highlights:

• We examined young adults' interpretations of ambiguous text messages.

• High social anxiety is associated with negative interpretations of ambiguous messages.

• Interpretation of messages depends on the gender of both the sender and recipient.

• Hypothetical messages from female senders were deemed more negative.

• Messages from female senders may provoke anxiety among heterosexual men.

摘要

•We examined young adults' interpretations of ambiguous text messages.•High social anxiety is associated with negative interpretations of ambiguous messages.•Interpretation of messages depends on the gender of both the sender and recipient.•Hypothetical messages from female senders were deemed more negative.•Messages from female senders may provoke anxiety among heterosexual men.

论文关键词:Social anxiety,Cognitive bias,Interpretation,Text messaging,Gender differences

论文评审过程:Received 22 May 2015, Revised 20 August 2015, Accepted 24 August 2015, Available online 1 September 2015, Version of Record 1 September 2015.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.08.032