The purpose of this study is to evaluate how individuals with social anxiety perceive a social event after a texting conversation compared to a face-to-face conversation. This review is known as post-event processing. This study included 154 participants (89 males and 65 females). These participants were recruited through Amazon Mechanical Turk. Each participant was asked to imagine a social situation where they experienced a high level of anxiety. The results of the study showed evidence that the self-reported level of trait anxiety was positively correlated with the self-reported level of state anxiety. Self-reported level of trait anxiety was positively correlated with self-reported level of PEP in an individual. Additionally, self-reported level of state anxiety was positively correlated with self-reported level of PEP. Individuals who reported higher levels of trait anxiety reported lower levels of PEP in the texting conversation compared to the face-to-face conversation.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:WKU/oai:digitalcommons.wku.edu:theses-4062 |
| Date | 01 July 2018 |
| Creators | Newquist, Amanda Nicole |
| Publisher | TopSCHOLAR® |
| Source Sets | Western Kentucky University Theses |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Masters Theses & Specialist Projects |
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