“…They tend to view themselves as having low social currency and as holding an especially tenuous position within the social hierarchy (Antony, Rowa, Liss, Swallow, & Swinson, 2005;Moscovitch, Gavric, Merrifield, Bielak, & Moscovitch, 2011;Rodebaugh, 2009;Weisman, Aderka, Marom, Hermesh, & Gilboa-Schechtman, 2011). When their self-evaluative concerns are activated by social threat, they often adopt the use of safety behaviors that function to conceal the self and prevent perceived personal flaws from being exposed to the criticism of others (Moscovitch et al, 2013;Plasencia, Alden, & Taylor, 2011;. Thus, from the perspective of the socially anxious, social mishaps may be particularly threatening by virtue of their power to thrust them unexpectedly into the spotlight, illuminating their deficiencies for all to see (Moscovitch, 2009).…”