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The Relationship between Negative Interpretation of Positive Evaluation and Social Anxiety

  • Clinical Psychology in Korea: Research and Practice
  • 2018, 4(1), pp.157-186
  • DOI : 10.15842/CPKJOURNAL.PUB.4.1.157
  • Publisher : Korean Clinical Psychology Association
  • Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science > Clinical Psychology
  • Received : November 29, 2017
  • Accepted : February 9, 2018

Jeeyun Kim 1 Lee, Hoon Jin 2 Sung-Jin Park 1

1서울대학교 심리학과
2서울대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between negative interpretation of positive evaluation and social anxiety. The negative interpretation of positive evaluation was conceptualized as containing three aspects based on recent literatures: the interpretation that one cannot meet heightened expectations, the interpretation that others favorably evaluated oneself, and the interpretation of doubting the authenticity of the positive evaluation. The relationship between negative interpretation of positive evaluation and social anxiety was examined in a sample of 190 college students. As a result, two aspects of negative interpretation of positive evaluation (the interpretation that one cannot meet heightened expectations and that others favorably evaluated oneself) significantly predicted the severity of social anxiety. When the effects of the fear of negative evaluation and depression were controlled, the interpretation that others favorably evaluated oneself significantly contributed to social anxiety. In addition, the mediating effect of the interpretation that others favorably evaluated oneself was observed in the relationship between the self-presentation sociability factor and social anxiety. The limitations and implications of this study and suggestions for future studies were discussed.

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