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Relationship between Body Esteem and Social Interaction Anxiety of Female College Students: Mediating Effects of Negative Social Self-Concept and Rejection Sensitivity

  • THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
  • 2020, 33(3), pp.1-18
  • DOI : 10.35574/KJDP.2020.9.33.3.1
  • Publisher : The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
  • Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science
  • Received : April 4, 2020
  • Accepted : August 28, 2020
  • Published : September 15, 2020

JiWon Shin 1 Kim, Min Hee 2

1성균관대학교
2한국상담대학원대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study examined the mediating effects of negative social self-concept and rejection sensitivity on the relationship between body esteem and social interaction anxiety of female college students based on the cognitive model of social anxiety, For this purpose, the self-reporting data of 504 female college students in Seoul, Gyeonggi, Gyeongnam and Busan were collected. Hypothesis of the relationship between body esteem, negative social self-concept, rejection sensitivity, and social interaction anxiety was tested by structural equation model. The results are as follows: First, the body esteem of female college students significantly predicted social interaction anxiety. Second, negative social self-concept and rejection sensitivity mediated the relationship between body esteem and social interaction anxiety. This study is meaningful in that it revealed the role of body esteem in social interaction anxiety of female college students and confirmed the usefulness of cognitive model explaining social anxiety again. Finally, the psychological interventions on social interaction anxiety and limitations of this study were discussed.

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