Dispositional and situational factors affecting behavioural inhibition and avoidance in socially anxious individuals
Year: 1995
Type: dissertation
Abstract: In order to understand the phenomenon of social anxiety it is useful to explore -both dispositional and situational factors.The first purpose of this study was to separate the affective experience of social anxiety from the behaviours that often accompany it.The second purpose was to examine affective and behavioural factors, explore how these factors relate to other variables of interest, and determine how they respond to a situational stressor.In the first study, 251 subjects completed measures of social anxiety, behavioural inhibition, social avoidance, anxiety sensitivity, and impostor feelings.Correlational and multiple regression analyses revealed the variables to be strongly associated with one another.Eighty of the original subjects took part in the second study, Subjects were divided into groups of high and low social anxiety and engaged in a short interaction with a research assistant, discussing a selected topic.Half of the subjects interacted with a partner who demonstrated high expertise on the topic and half interacted with a partner who demonstrated limited expertise.Analyses of variance revealed that, for many variables, high social anxiety subjects reacted differently than did low social anxiety subjects.Also, subjects who interacted with a high expertise partner reacted differently than did those who interacted with a low expertise partner.However, the manipulation of partner expertise failed to differentiate high social anxiety subjects from low social anxiety subjects.Specific physiological, behavioural, and self-report reactions to the interaction are discussed along with interpretations and recommendations for further research.List of Tables Table Page I. Weans, Standard Deviations, and Reliabiiities of Measures Used In Study 1 ( N = 251) . .-. , . . . .--. . . . . .-6 1 2 .Correlations Amongst Variables Used in Study 1 . . . . . . . . . 3 .Correlations Between Variables Used In Study 1 and Sex of Subject and English Background of Subject -. . . . . . 4. Averaged Within-Groups Correlations Amongst Variables UsedinStudy2 (df=72) , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 .Correlations Between Variables Used In Study 2 and Sexofsubject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 .Means, Standard Deviations, and Reliabilities of the Self-Presentation Style Scale Used in Study 2 ( M = 80) . . . .7. Inera-Rater Reliabilities of the Subjectively Scored Measures Used in Study 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 8 8. Cell Means ( n = 20) of Dependent Variables Used in Study 2 with Social Anxiety and Expertise Acting as Independent Variables .9. Effect Sizes (n = 20) of Dependent Variables Used in Study 2 with Social Anxiety Acting as the Independent Variable , . . . . .ZOa. Summary of Analysis of Variance (Heart Rate Increasej . . . . .lob.Summary of Analysis of Variance (Heart Rate Habituation) . . .lla.Summary of Three-Way Analysis of Variance (Time Talking). . . .llb.Sununary of Analysis of Variance (Eye Contact) . . . . . . . . .
Source: Summit (Simon Fraser University)
Author: David J. Eveleigh
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W130330902