min long and split into two parts with a short break between blocks. After completion of the task and a short break, participants were asked to fill out the SAS-A. At the end of the experimental session, participants were debriefed about the nature of the research and received a 5 Amazon gift voucher. 2.4. Statistical analysis The mean likelihood rating of each interpretation (positive, negative, and unrelated) was calculated for every participant. A repeated-measures design with Interpretation type (positive, negative and unrelated) as the within-subjects factor and Social anxiety as the covariate was performed on mean likelihood ratings. Social anxiety was entered as a covariate in order to retain the full range of scores on this continuous measure. Pearson correlations were calculated to further examine interactions with the covariate. To examine effects of adolescent sex differences, we entered sex as a variable to a second repeated-measures ANCOVA. Results of the statistical analyses are provided with standard p-values (the cutoff for statistical significance was set at p < .05) and effect sizes: partial eta squared (h2p) for F-tests, which is the proportion of the effect plus error variance that is attributable to the effect (Cohen, 1973). Where assumptions of sphericity were violated (Mauchly's test of sphericity at p < .05), Greenhouse-Geisser corrected degrees of freedom are reported. The attribution data was analyzed as proportions of internal to external