Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Inclusion	Exclusion
Scientific original literature such as peer-reviewed articles and dissertations	Case studies without measurements, comments, non-peer-reviewed books and reviews
People with avoidant personality disorder/problems
Youths and adults (13 years or above)	Younger than 13 years of age
Agency in a population diagnosed with AvPD in daily life or in psychotherapy	Population diagnosed with AvPD, but no information about agency or interpersonal functioning in daily life or psychotherapy
Other functions related to agency in a population diagnosed with AvPD such as affect consciousness, sense of self, self-efficacy, activating and inhibiting affects, goal directedness, avoidance, inhibition, subordination or procrastination
Interpersonal function in a population with AvPD such as relationships, psychosocial function, metacognition/mentalization, empathy and intimacy in daily life or psychotherapy
Agency or interpersonal functioning in a wider population applicable to people diagnosed with AvPD such as cluster C PD	Agency or interpersonal functioning in a population of other specific personality disorders or in PDs in general not specifically related to AvPD
Scandinavian, German or English language	A language we cannot read