Exploring the Impact of Parental Overprotection on Adult Social Anxiety Via Perfectionism: a Mediation Model
Year: 2005
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study investigated the mediating role of three dimensions of perfectionism on the relationship between parental overprotection and social anxiety.The three dimensions of perfectionism -Concern over Mistakes, Doubts about Actions and Parental Criticismwere measured using the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale.Two hundred and eighty participants completed questionnaires measuring dimensions of perfectionism, social anxiety and retrospective report of parental overprotection.Results supported hypotheses about these dimensions of perfectionism as mediators of the relationship between parental overprotection and social anxiety.Mediation occurred for both measures of social anxiety used i.e. the Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale and the Social Anxiety and Distress Scale.Implications for future research, based on the mediation model linking parental overprotection, perfectionism and social anxiety, are discussed.
Author: Prashant Banerjee
Institution: Miami University
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2244543604