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Dubey I, Groom M, Tahir A, Hamilton A. Social anxiety is more likely to influence reputation management decisions than autistic traits. Autism Res 2024; 17:78-88. [PMID: 37823594 DOI: 10.1002/aur.3040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
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People manage their social reputation by selectively sharing achievements, thereby shaping the way others think about them. Autistic traits and social anxiety may have opposing impacts on reputation management. This study aimed to identify the influence of autistic traits and social anxiety on reputation management behavior, independently and in co-occurrence with one another. Seventy-seven adults with varying levels of autistic and social anxiety traits completed a novel self-disclosure task that required them to complete a computerized game and decide whether to disclose their scores to another participant. This design provided a safe social environment for sharing performance outcomes and allowed us to manipulate performance outcomes for participants and set a perceived 'norm' of high self-disclosure. Results showed that participants were more likely to disclose their high than low scores to the other player. Social anxiety reliably predicted the likelihood of disclosing their scores while high autistic traits predicted the likelihood of disclosure only in combination with high social anxiety. Additionally, establishing the norm of high disclosure facilitated self-disclosure in all the participants. This study shows that social anxiety may influence reputation management via selective self-disclosure more when co-occurring with high autistic traits. People with varying levels of autistic traits may not behave differently to maintain a social reputation.
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- Indu Dubey
- School of Medicine, Mental Health & Clinical Neurosciences University of Nottingham, Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- School of Medicine, Mental Health & Clinical Neurosciences University of Nottingham, Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- School of Medicine, Mental Health & Clinical Neurosciences University of Nottingham, Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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de Jonge MV, Nibbering N, Brand I, van der Voort A. It's about more than just talking; Exploring computer-mediated communication in adolescents with selective mutism. JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS 2024; 107:106389. [PMID: 37988827 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2023.106389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2022] [Revised: 11/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Selective mutism (SM) is an anxiety disorder categorized by a persistent failure to speak in specific situations. In an attempt to facilitate interaction with individuals with SM, other forms of communication (e.g. computer-mediated communication; CMC) are often tried. However, CMC is understudied in individuals with SM, while, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of CMC for education and social purposes only increased. METHODS In this study, we explored CMC in 79 adolescents with either selective mutism (n = 34), or typical development (n = 45). All participants completed a survey concerning verbal and written CMC in three contexts (friends, family, and school). RESULTS Results showed that adolescents with SM used not only verbal but also written CMC less frequently than the comparison group across contexts. While the comparison group preferred Face-to-Face communication over CMC, adolescents with SM were divided, especially in the school context. With family and friends, the majority of the SM group preferred Face-to-Face communication, even though this provoked more feelings of tension than CMC for part of the group. CONCLUSION These findings support anecdotal reports that SM affects not only speech but extends to other communicative venues and includes written communication in many situations. This underlines the importance of addressing not just speaking behavior but also writing and CMC in the diagnostic evaluation and treatment plans for adolescents with SM.
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- Maretha V de Jonge
- Education and Child Studies, Clinical Neurodevelopmental Sciences, Leiden University, The Netherlands
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- Education and Child Studies, Clinical Neurodevelopmental Sciences, Leiden University, The Netherlands.
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- Education and Child Studies, Clinical Neurodevelopmental Sciences, Leiden University, The Netherlands
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- Education and Child Studies, Research Methods and Statistics, Leiden University, The Netherlands
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Huang PS, Chung SJ, Liu CH, Chen PZ. Measuring Cognitive and Social Interactive Attributes of Digital Natives: Development and Validation of a Scale. Percept Mot Skills 2023:315125231172352. [PMID: 37137162 DOI: 10.1177/00315125231172352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Scholars refer to individuals who have been immersed in digital environments and who make easy use of digital languages to interact with the world as "digital natives," and Teo proposed four attributes of digital natives to illustrate their behavioral tendencies. We aimed to expand Teo's framework and to develop and validate the Scale of Digital Native Attributes (SDNA) for measuring cognitive and social interactive attributes of digital natives. Based on pre-test results, we retained 10 attributes and 37 SDNA items, with 3-4 items in each sub-dimension. We then recruited 887 Taiwanese undergraduates as respondents and conducted confirmatory factor analysis to establish construct validity. Moreover, the SDNA correlated with several other related measurements to demonstrate satisfactory criterion-related validity. Internal consistency was evaluated by McDonald's Omega (ω) and Cronbach's α coefficient, showing satisfactory reliability. This preliminary tool is now ready for cross validation and temporal reliability testing in further research.
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- Po-Sheng Huang
- Graduate Institute of Digital Learning and Education, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute for Research Excellence in Learning Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Digital Learning and Education, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, Taiwan
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- Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Shechter T, Asher M, Aderka IM. Man vs. machine: A comparison of human and computer assessment of nonverbal behavior in social anxiety disorder. J Anxiety Disord 2022; 89:102587. [PMID: 35661576 DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2022.102587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Revised: 04/02/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a common psychological disorder associated with broad interpersonal impairment. Most previous studies have examined nonverbal behavior in SAD using human coders. However, one recent study utilized a machine-based analysis of nonverbal behavior and dyadic synchrony in SAD (Asher, Kauffmann, & Aderka, 2020). In the present study, we compared human and computer assessments of nonverbal behavior in social anxiety to enhance our knowledge about their commonalities and unique differences in capturing nonverbal behavior in the context of SAD. Specifically, the present study included 152 individuals: 38 individuals diagnosed with SAD and 114 individuals without SAD. Participants formed 76 opposite-sex interaction dyads comprising either two individuals without SAD (n = 39 control dyads) or one individual with SAD and one individual without SAD (n = 37 SAD dyads). All participants underwent a getting-acquainted task and were videotaped during the conversation. Half of the interactions were small talk interactions and half were closeness-generating interactions that required significant self-disclosure. We found that both types of coding were associated with self-reported social anxiety but that machine-based coding was superior in capturing social anxiety in closeness-generating contexts. Implications for research on nonverbal behavior in SAD are discussed.
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- Talia Shechter
- School of Psychological Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel
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- School of Psychological Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel
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- School of Psychological Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel.
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He Z, Li M. Executive Function and Social Media Addiction in Female College Students: The Mediating Role of Affective State and Stress. The Journal of Genetic Psychology 2022; 183:279-293. [PMID: 35427211 DOI: 10.1080/00221325.2022.2025757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Social media addiction is the emerging occurrence in which individuals develop psychological dependencies on microblog, wechat, Tik Tok and so on. Existing research has demonstrated the possible relationship between mobile social media addiction and disordered eating attitudes/behavior. In this study, we investigated the relationship between executive function, especially food-inhibitory control, affective state/stress, and mobile social media addiction among female college students as all play predictive roles in food addiction. A structural equation model was used to examine the mediation model hypothesis, and the results confirmed the mediating role of affective state and stress between executive function, especially inhibitory control over high-calorie food, and mobile social media addiction among Chinese female college students. The results verify the correlation between social media addiction and disordered eating attitudes/behavior from the perspective of psychological mechanisms. These proposals emphasize the significance of improving inhibitory control over high-calorie food and the importance of providing psychological counseling to intervene in negative emotions and stress management in female college students.
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- Zhonhua He
- School of Journalism and New Media, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- School of Journalism and New Media, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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Toh LA, Millear P, Allen A, Kannis-Dymand L. Putting on your best face: investigating social anxiety in Instagram users. AUSTRALIAN PSYCHOLOGIST 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/00050067.2022.2061328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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- Ly-Anne Toh
- Discipline of Psychology, School of Health and Behavioural Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia
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- Discipline of Psychology, School of Health and Behavioural Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia
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- Discipline of Psychology, School of Health and Behavioural Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia
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- Discipline of Psychology, School of Health and Behavioural Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia
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He Z, Li M, Liu C, Ma X. Common Predictive Factors of Social Media Addiction and Eating Disorder Symptoms in Female College Students: State Anxiety and the Mediating Role of Cognitive Flexibility/Sustained Attention. Front Psychol 2022; 12:647126. [PMID: 35422727 PMCID: PMC9002102 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.647126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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This study aimed to investigate the common predictive factors between social media addiction (SMA) and eating disorder symptoms (EDS), in a group of Chinese female college students. A total of 216 students completed the behavioral assessments of cognitive flexibility and sustained attention, as well as the questionnaires on anxiety, social media dependence, and eating disorders. The results indicate that SMA is significantly correlated with EDS. Structural equation modeling was used to test the model in which state anxiety, cognitive flexibility, and sustained attention predicted social gain and EDS. Additionally, the results confirmed the mediating role of cognitive flexibility and sustained attention between state anxiety and SMA/EDS in the participants. The findings revealed that in the sample group, state anxiety was related to SMA and EDS through cognitive flexibility and sustained attention. These proposals reflect the significance of improving cognitive flexibility/sustained attention and reducing state anxiety to prevent EDS and SMA in female college students.
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- Zhonghua He
- School of Journalism and New Media, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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Salehi A, Salehi E, Mosadeghi-Nik M, Sargeant S, Fatehi F. Strengthening positive social pathways via digital social applications in individuals with social skills deficits: A scoping review. Int J Soc Psychiatry 2021; 67:779-787. [PMID: 33076755 DOI: 10.1177/0020764020963354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Effective digital social capital interventions have great potential to establish trusted social pathways to access supportive services and to enable talking about issues contributing to distress. AIM This review explores the digital social capital interventions used in individuals with social skills deficits, and the best social health outcomes achieved. METHOD Four databases (PubMed, CINAHL, PsychINFO, and Web of Science) were used with no time limitation, and 33 papers were included. RESULTS A diverse range of digital social programs was used for social capital improvement based on individuals' characteristics (e.g. age range and illnesses). Programs ranged from digitally-enhanced self-help or self-guided treatment (to enhance the self-efficacy of individuals), to group treatments and/or web-based caregiver support services. They comprised mobile social apps, video blogging, video-communication system/video-conferencing, and online social communication, to more advanced techniques such as virtual reality. All of these modalities were shown to be beneficial for improving the social health of individuals. Interventions targeted two aspects of social capital: (1) cognitive social capital, focusing on enhancing trust and control, self-efficacy on life. Some examples were cognitive behavioural therapy, and increasing the received and more importantly perceived social support. (2) structural social capital, focusing on individuals' relationships with family/carers, friends, peers to other connections at the macro level, such as health care providers and their community as a whole. The two interconnected aspects of social capital play a role in decreasing fears of being judged by others, general fears in social interactions and interpersonal problems. CONCLUSION Guided digital social support interventions result in open and flexible access to various resources through supportive social networks, for patients and their family members/carers.
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- Asiyeh Salehi
- School of Health and Human Sciences, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Computer Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran
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- School of Health and Human Sciences, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
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- Centre for Online Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Asher M, Barthel AL, Hofmann SG, Okon-Singer H, Aderka IM. When two hearts beat as one: Heart-rate synchrony in social anxiety disorder. Behav Res Ther 2021; 141:103859. [PMID: 33930610 DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2021.103859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2020] [Revised: 03/06/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Individuals with social anxiety disorder (SAD) experience significant interpersonal impairment. However, little is known about the physiological processes that are associated with interpersonal dysfunction in the disorder. In the present study we examined heart-rate (HR) synchrony in SAD during "getting-acquainted" interactions between opposite-sex partners. Participants included 118 individuals who formed 59 dyads: 30 dyads that included one individual with SAD and one non-socially anxious (NSA) individual (SAD dyads) and 29 dyads that included two NSA individuals (control dyads). Dyads were randomly assigned to either a closeness-generating conversation or a small talk conversation. For closeness-generating conversations, we found that social anxiety was positively associated with HR synchrony in control dyads but negatively associated with HR synchrony in SAD dyads. These results remained when controlling for depressive symptoms and participants' movement. Our findings suggest that in more intimate social contexts, SAD may impair the ability to create HR synchrony between interlocuters and this can have negative relational consequences. Our findings are further discussed in the context of cognitive behavioral and interpersonal models of SAD, and clinical and research implications are delineated.
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- Maya Asher
- School of Psychological Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University, United States.
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- School of Psychological Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- School of Psychological Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
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Carruthers SE, Warnock-Parkes EL, Clark DM. Accessing social media: Help or hindrance for people with social anxiety? J Exp Psychopathol 2019; 10:2043808719837811. [PMID: 32257104 PMCID: PMC7086304 DOI: 10.1177/2043808719837811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2018] [Accepted: 02/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Despite increasing use of social media and the potential benefits for people with social anxiety (SA) disorder, little is known about the online experience of people with SA. Our study aimed to investigate the occurrence of cognitive and behavioral processes during a series of online and off-line Facebook (FB)-based tasks among individuals with high and low levels of SA. Sixty-one undergraduates with low or high SA were asked to use FB in a laboratory setting, to make an FB post, and to imagine three ambiguous FB scenarios. Participants with high SA reported higher anxiety throughout the study with an interaction effect, indicating greater relative increases in anxiety for those with high SA over low SA across tasks. The high SA group were more likely to negatively interpret the ambiguous FB scenarios than the low SA group. They also reported using more safety-seeking behaviors and having more negative thoughts. The findings suggest that the cognitive and behavioral processes that characterize socially anxious face-to-face interaction are also evident in online communication. Suggestions are made for the clinical implications of such findings.
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Kamalou S, Shaughnessy K, Moscovitch DA. Social anxiety in the digital age: The measurement and sequelae of online safety-seeking. COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2018.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Social Anxiety and Benign and Toxic Online Self-Disclosures: An Investigation Into the Role of Rejection Sensitivity, Self-Regulation, and Internet Addiction in College Students. J Nerv Ment Dis 2018; 206:598-605. [PMID: 30020206 DOI: 10.1097/nmd.0000000000000855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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This work aimed to explore the relationship between social anxiety with benign and toxic online self-disclosures with the mediating role of rejection sensitivity, self-regulation, and Internet addiction. In this study, 358 students who were active members of social networks at the Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Iran were evaluated in the form of a structural equation model. The results substantiated that social anxiety could explain 47% of the variance in benign online self-disclosure and 27% of toxic online self-disclosure with the mediating role of rejection sensitivity, self-regulation, and Internet addiction. It was found that people with high social anxiety had higher rejection sensitivity and lower self-regulation. Also, people with higher social anxiety had directly higher benign and toxic online self-disclosures. The results indicated that self-regulation did not have a direct impact on benign online self-disclosure; however, it had a direct negative impact on toxic online self-disclosure.
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Lin X, Li S, Qu C. Social network sites influence recovery from social exclusion: Individual differences in social anxiety. COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2017.05.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Shaughnessy K, Rocheleau JN, Kamalou S, Moscovitch DA. The Effects of Social Anxiety and Online Privacy Concern on Individual Differences in Internet-Based Interaction Anxiety and Communication Preferences. CYBERPSYCHOLOGY BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL NETWORKING 2017; 20:212-217. [PMID: 28394207 DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2016.0329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Social anxiety (SA) and online privacy concerns (OPCs) are conceptually distinct fears, but both may be activated by Internet-based social contexts. Whereas SA is focused on being the object of interpersonal evaluation, OPC is focused on preventing others from gaining unauthorized access to private personal information. No research to date has investigated how SA and OPCs may uniquely or interactively predict individual differences in online interaction anxiety or attitudes and preferences about online communication. Participants (N = 374) completed the Social Phobia Inventory and measures of OPCs, online interaction anxiety, and attitudes related to online communication. The results revealed that SA and OPCs were not correlated with one another; however, they each uniquely predicted significant variance in particular outcomes, with no interactive effects. Findings help to illuminate the ways in which online communication preferences may be differentially shaped by people's levels of SA and OPCs, respectively. Theoretical implications and applications are discussed.
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- 2 Department of Psychology, Centre for Mental Health Research, University of Waterloo , Waterloo, Canada
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Yu Q, Zhang L, Wu S, Guo Y, Jin S, Sun Y. The influence of juvenile preference for online social interaction on problematic Internet use: The moderating effect of sibling condition and the moderated moderating effect of age cohort. COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2016.11.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Green T, Wilhelmsen T, Wilmots E, Dodd B, Quinn S. Social anxiety, attributes of online communication and self-disclosure across private and public Facebook communication. COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.12.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Schulz A, Hoyer J. Onlinekommunikation und soziale Angst. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR KLINISCHE PSYCHOLOGIE UND PSYCHOTHERAPIE 2016. [DOI: 10.1026/1616-3443/a000360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Zusammenfassung. Hintergrund: Es wird die Literatur zu folgenden Fragen gesichtet: 1) Nutzen Menschen mit sozialer Angst das Internet und Onlinekommunikation stärker als andere? 2) Ist der Gebrauch des Internets bei sozial Ängstlichen hilfreich, weil er soziale Kontakte fördert oder stellt er eine aufrechterhalten Bedingung dar, weil Realkontakte subjektiv weniger wichtig werden? 3) Erleichtert oder erschwert die Option Onlinekommunikation die Psychotherapie der sozialen Angststörung? Methoden: Die bis Juli 2015 in Web of Science, PubMed oder PsycINFO gelisteten Arbeiten zur Thematik wurden gesichtet. Ergebnisse: Die 43 identifizierten Studien belegen, dass Menschen mit sozialer Angst das Internet nicht stärker nutzen, auch nicht zur Anbahnung zwischenmenschlicher Beziehungen. Sie haben eher weniger Online-Beziehungen, nutzen aber gleichzeitig überproportional Online- gegenüber Face-to-face-Kommunikation, insbesondere zur Selbstregulation. Schlussfolgerungen: Vor- und Nachteile der Onlinekommunikation für den Verlauf der sozialen Angst lassen sich empirisch belegen, wobei klinische Studien noch völlig fehlen. Onlinekommunikation gehört zur Alltagsrealität von Patienten mit sozialer Angst und ist in der Psychoedukation zur Störung sowie in der Fallkonzeption zu berücksichtigen.
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- Anja Schulz
- Institut für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, Technische Universität Dresden
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- Institut für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, Technische Universität Dresden
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Weidman AC, Levinson CA. I’m still socially anxious online: Offline relationship impairment characterizing social anxiety manifests and is accurately perceived in online social networking profiles. COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.12.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Shalom JG, Israeli H, Markovitzky O, Lipsitz JD. Social anxiety and physiological arousal during computer mediated vs. face to face communication. COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.11.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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