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First published 2006-03

Approach and Avoidance Motivation in the Social Domain

Andrew J. Elliot, Shelly L. Gable, Rachael R. Mapes

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

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First published 2016-12

From Fear to Avoidance: Factors Associated with the Onset of Avoidance in People who Fear Social Situations

Matthew Sunderland, Erica Crome, Lexine Stapinski [...]

Journal of Experimental Psychopathology

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First published 2018-4

Assessment and Implications of Social Avoidance in Chinese Early Adolescents

Biao Sang, Xuechen Ding, Robert J. Coplan [...]

The Journal of Early Adolescence

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First published 2023-6

Networks and Selective Avoidance: How Social Media Networks Influence Unfriending and Other Avoidance Behaviors

Matthew Barnidge, Cynthia Peacock, Bumsoo Kim [...]

Social Science Computer Review

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First published 2026

Beyond the place: Attachment to a place reduces generalized social avoidance

Yichang Zha, Yingying Ye, Yifan Li [...]

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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First published 2021-1

Visual avoidance of faces in socially anxious individuals: The moderating effect of type of social situation

Jiemiao Chen, Esther van den Bos, Sara L.M. Velthuizen [...]

Journal of Experimental Psychopathology

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First published 2006-11

What You Want (and Do Not Want) Affects What You See (and Do Not See): Avoidance Social Goals and Social Events

Amy Strachman, Shelly L. Gable

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

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First published 2022-10

Selective Avoidance on Social Media: A Comparative Study of Western Democracies

Marko M. Skoric, Qinfeng Zhu, Karolina Koc-Michalska [...]

Social Science Computer Review

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First published 2025

Understanding determinants of information avoidance when using mobile social apps: A perspective of social comparison

Zheshi Bao, Wen Zong

Information Development

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First published 2023-9

Disconnecting from digital news: News avoidance and the ignored role of social class

Johan Lindell, Else Mikkelsen Båge

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