The Effect of Behavioral Inhibition Temperament on Social Anxiety: The Double Mediation Effect of Rejection Sensitivity and Ambivalence over Emotional Expressiveness (행동억제 기질이 사회불안에 미치는 영향: 거부민감성과 정서표현 양가성의 이중매개효과)

Tae Yeon Kim (김태연); Eun Sil Choi (최은실)

The Effect of Behavioral Inhibition Temperament on Social Anxiety: The Double Mediation Effect of Rejection Sensitivity and Ambivalence over Emotional Expressiveness

THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
2022, 35(2), pp.73-91
Publisher : The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science
Received : April 15, 2022
Accepted : May 30, 2022
Published : June 15, 2022

Tae Yeon Kim ¹, Eun Sil Choi ²

¹가톨릭대학교 심리학과
²가톨릭대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediation effects of rejection sensitivity and ambivalence over emotional expressiveness regarding the effects of behavioral inhibition temperament on social anxiety. To verify this, behavioral inhibition temperament, rejection sensitivity, ambivalence over emotional expressiveness, and social anxiety were measured in 386 adults. The results of this study are summarized as follows. First, a statistically significant positive correlation was found between behavioral inhibition temperament in adulthood, rejection sensitivity, ambivalence over emotional expressiveness, and social anxiety. Second, behavioral inhibition temperament had a direct significant effect on social anxiety. Third, behavioral inhibition temperament had a significant indirect effect on social anxiety by mediating both rejection sensitivity and ambivalence over emotional expressiveness. Finally, it was found that behavioral inhibition temperament had an indirect significant effect on social anxiety by sequentially mediating the rejection sensitivity and ambivalence over emotional expressiveness. The results of this study are meaningful for understanding the causes of social anxiety in adults and the interaction of individual internal variables including adult temperament. Further, the findings suggest that a multifactorial perspective is needed to understand social anxiety in adults. The research findings also suggest that social anxiety can be alleviated through counseling strategies that deal with adults’ psychological characteristics.

KEYWORDS

behavioral inhibition temperament, social anxiety, rejection sensitivity, ambivalence over emotional expressiveness, double mediation effect

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