• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Social anxiety and accumulation of status loss events: The role of adulthood experiences
  • Beteiligte: Azoulay, Roy; Avigadol, Liat; Gilboa‐Schechtman, Eva
  • Erschienen: Wiley, 2023
  • Erschienen in: British Journal of Clinical Psychology
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1111/bjc.12417
  • ISSN: 0144-6657; 2044-8260
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec><jats:title>Objectives</jats:title><jats:p>The association between social anxiety (SA) and early‐life status loss events (SLEs) is well documented. However, such an association in adulthood is yet to be examined.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods</jats:title><jats:p>Two studies (<jats:italic>N</jats:italic> = 166 and <jats:italic>N</jats:italic> = 431) were conducted to address this question. Adult participants filled out questionnaires regarding SLEs accumulation during childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, along with depression and SA severity measures.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p>SA was associated with SLEs in adulthood over and above SLEs in childhood and adolescence, and depression.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion</jats:title><jats:p>The adaptive role of SA in adulthood in the face of concrete and relevant status threats is discussed.</jats:p></jats:sec>