Development of social anxiety: social interaction predictors of implicit and explicit fear of negative evaluation
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Little is known about how to predict which individuals with known temperament vulnerabilities will go on to develop social anxiety problems. Adolescents (N = 185) were followed from age 13 to 18 to evaluate psychosocial, prospective predictors of social anxiety symptoms and fears of negative evaluation (FNE), after accounting for pre-existing social withdrawal symptoms. Results from structural equation modeling suggest that lack of perceived social acceptance predicts subsequent explicit social anxiety and FNE, whereas the emotional intensity of close peer interactions predicts subsequent implicit FNE. Results are discussed in terms of the importance of peer interaction in the development of social anxiety, and the value of measuring both implicit and explicit FNE.
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- Authors
- Teachman, B. A., & Allen, J. P.
- Affiliations
- University of Virginia (US)
- Corresponding author
- Teachman, Bethany A.
- Venue
- Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
- Published
- 2006-12-15
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 63-78
- ISSN
- 0091-0627 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-2835
- PMC
- PMC3395171
- OpenAlex
- W2037622484
- Cited by
- 109
- References
- 13
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- FWCI
- 4.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Mental Health (F31- MH65711-01, F31MH065711, R01MH044934, R01MH058066)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01-HD058305)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Keywords
- social anxiety, fear of negative evaluation, social acceptance, peer interaction, emotional intensity, social withdrawal, adolescents
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Psychology, Adolescent, Adult, Anxiety, Fear, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Interviews as Topic, Male, Parents, Peer Group, Perception, Social Behavior, Temperament, Multivariate Analysis
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