Perfectionism and Anxiety Sensitivity: The Relation between Etiological Factors of Social Anxiety
Year: 2019
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is characterized by maladaptive distress, anxiety, and avoidance in social situations.Perfectionistic self-presentation (PSP; the desire to present a perfect image to a social audience) and anxiety sensitivity (AS) social concerns (the fear of publicly observable anxiety symptoms) have been identified as potential risk factors of social anxiety.However, no studies have investigated the interplay between PSP, AS social concerns, and social anxiety.The current study examined potential ways that PSP and AS social concerns could confer risk for social anxiety by comparing a mediation and moderation model using structural equation modeling.Participants included 390 community adults recruited on Mturk that completed measures at baseline, month 3, and month 6 and responded correctly to validity items.Prior to comparing structural models, factorial invariance was established for all constructs.The planned mediation model evidenced suppression effects, and the moderation model failed to converge, suggesting poor model specification.Mediation and moderation models were then estimated using manifest variables, which provided a divergent pattern of results than the models using latent variables.The current findings are not consistent with either PSP or AS social concerns serving as mediators/moderators for the other construct.These
Author: Saulnier, Kevin G
Institution: Ohio University
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7033158951