Cognitive Biases and the Link between Shyness and Social Anxiety in Early Adolescence

Autor/inn/en	Weeks, Murray; Ooi, Laura L.; Coplan, Robert J.
Titel	Cognitive Biases and the Link between Shyness and Social Anxiety in Early Adolescence
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Adolescence, 36 (2016) 8, S.1095-1117 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-4316
DOI	10.1177/0272431615593175
Schlagwörter	Psychological Patterns; Probability; Early Adolescents; Bias; Value Judgment; Anxiety; Correlation; Predictor Variables; Social Influences; Mental Health; Foreign Countries; Grade 5; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; Questionnaires; Surveys; Statistical Analysis; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Werturteil; Angst; Korrelation; Prädiktor; Sozialer Einfluss; Psychohygiene; Ausland; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Fragebogen; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Statistische Analyse; Kanada
Abstract	Shy children display wariness in unfamiliar social situations and often experience feelings of social anxiety. This study explored the potential mediating role of cognitive biases in the link between shyness and social anxiety in early adolescence. In particular, we focused on judgments of the probability and cost of negative social situations (i.e., judgment biases). Six hundred eighty-six early adolescents aged 10 to 14 years (X-bar = 11.58, SD = 1.13) completed measures of shyness, judgment biases, and social anxiety. Among the results, shyness, judgment biases, and social anxiety were positively interassociated. Shyness and judgment biases significantly predicted social anxiety. Moreover, elevated judgments of both the probability and cost of negative social situations partially mediated the relation between shyness and social anxiety. Results are discussed in terms of the conceptual pathway from shyness to social anxiety, as well as implications for intervention programs. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01