Mediators of social anxiety [Elektronische Ressource] : external social threat-cues vs. self-related negative cognitions / vorgelegt von Stefan M. Schulz

Mediators of Social Anxiety External Social Threat-Cues vs. Self-Related Negative Cognitions Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde der Philosophischen Fakultät II der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Vorgelegt von Stefan M. Schulz Würzburg 2009 2 Erstgutachter: Professor Dr. Paul Pauli Zweitgutachter: Professor i.K. Dr. Georg W. Alpers Tag des Kolloquiums: 18.12.2009 Acknowledgment 3 Acknowledgment My first and foremost gratitude is directed to Prof. Dr. Paul Pauli, my Doktorvater and continuous supporter of my striving for academic achievement. I am especially grateful for providing a scientific environment which is alive with creative spirit, interdisciplinary inspiration, and a drive to aim for growth into a bright future. Prof. Dr. Georg W. Alpers, who deserves the merit for initiating me to the magic of psychophysiology, was an ever enduring guide in the striving for efficiency, precision, and clarity, a set of most valuable tools for the endeavor of science. I am particularly grateful that he opened up the opportunity for me to promovere even beyond the Atlantic, and for his invaluable support along the way! Across the ocean, it was Prof. Dr. Stefan G. Hofmann, at Boston University who took me under his wings.