The present study examined possible mediators of the relationship
between social anxiety and social rejection in a face-to-face interaction. Eighty-four
undergraduate students with varying levels of social anxiety participated in
a self-disclosure task in which an experimental confederate revealed intimate
information about herself to which the subject responded. During the interaction,
trained observers rated subjects on the extent to which they displayed outward
signs of anxiety, the intimacy level of their disclosures, and the similarity of the
subject and confederate. After the interaction, confederates rated the extent to
which they would be willing to participate in future activities with subjects, a
measure of social acceptance or rejection. The results of the present study
suggested that perceived similarity mediated the relationship between social
anxiety and social rejection. In addition, similarity mediated between self-disclosure
and rejection and between overt signs of anxiety and rejection. This
mediational model and its practical and theoretical implications are discussed. / Arts, Faculty of / Psychology, Department of / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UBC/oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/5976 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Papsdorf, Michael Paul |
| Source Sets | University of British Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis/Dissertation |
| Format | 2207788 bytes, application/pdf |
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