Most human cognition occurs outside conscious awareness or conscious control. Some of
these implicit processes influence social perception, judgment and action. The past 15 years …

This paper presents a review and a model of the development of addictive behaviors in
(human) adolescents, with a focus on alcohol. The model proposes that addictive behaviors …

We examined attitudes towards spiders by employing an Approach-Avoidance Task, in
which participants respond to pictures by pulling a joystick towards themselves or by …

The Approach–Avoidance Task (AAT) was employed to indirectly investigate avoidance
reactions to stimuli of potential social threat. Forty-three highly socially anxious individuals …

The distinction between automatic processes and controlled processes is a central
organizational theme across areas of psychology. However, this dichotomy conceals …

Studies obtaining implicit measures of associations in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders (4th ed., Text Revision; American Psychiatric Association, 2000) Axis I …

Prediction of behavior 2 Introduction One of the hallmarks of a good measure is predictive
validity. Ultimately, paraphrasing an often cited quote, measuring is for doing. Among the …

The ability of implicit measures to predict behaviour varies greatly across studies,
emphasising the need for accounts of this variability. In order to organise and review the …

BackgroundSocial anxiety and depression often co-occur. As low self-esteem has been
identified as a risk factor for both types of symptoms, it may help to explain their co-morbidity …

Social anxiety is a common mental disorder among adolescents and is associated with
detrimental long term outcomes. Therefore, this study investigated the efficacy of two …