2020 Volume 12 Issue 1 Pages 27-36
The present study examined the influence of sub-factors of rejection hypersensitivity and social skills on Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) symptoms among healthy university students (N = 186). Data were collected from the participants through questionnaires. First, a correlation analysis revealed a positive correlation between the sub-factors of rejection hypersensitivity and SAD symptoms. A negative correlation between social skills and SAD symptoms, as well as a negative correlation between sub-factors of rejection hypersensitivity and social skills were also discovered. Then, a multiple regression analysis, using sub-factors of rejection hypersensitivity and social skills as independent variables and SAD symptoms as the dependent variable, indicated that the effect of anxiety on relationship collapse and social skills was significant. Finally, the results of pass analysis revealed that fear of breakup of a relationship and obsequence to others impacted negatively SAD symptoms. In addition, fear of breakup of a relationship and discrepancy between social self-image and true self-image had a significant worse effect on SAD symptoms, when social skills mediated these sub-factors. From the results of this study, it is revealed that the effect of rejection hypersensitivity on SAD symptoms varies depending on the various sub-factors.
