The relationship between rejection sensitivity and social anxiety among Chinese college students: The mediating roles of loneliness and self-esteem

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaping Lin ◽  
Zeping Fan
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Rejection Sensitivity ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
The Relationship

Shyness and Defensive Style

1986 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 967-973 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick W. Foley ◽  
Richard F. Heath ◽  
David R. Chabot
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Defense Mechanism ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Subjective Distress ◽  
Ego Threat ◽  
Activity Preference ◽  
Defensive Style ◽  
The Relationship

The Stanford Shyness Survey, the Defense Mechanism Inventory and the Activity Preference Questionnaire were administered to 92 college students to examine the relationship among shyness, reactivity to anxiety, and defensive style. As hypothesized, shy persons experienced greater ego threat and social anxiety. They turned aggressive impulses inwardly against the self more frequently than not so shy people. Shy subjects also used significantly less repression and denial defenses, increasing their vulnerability to the experience of internalized subjective distress. Although there were also no differences between shy and nor shy students on defenses that turn unacceptable impulses outward (e.g., projection and displacement), it was speculated that shy persons engage in such defenses in ways that do not represent a threat to self-esteem.

scholarly journals Relationship Between Social Anxiety and Internet Addiction in Chinese College Students Controlling for the Effects of Physical Exercise, Demographic, and Academic Variables

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Songdong Ye ◽  
Huiying Cheng ◽  
Zongpeng Zhai ◽  
Hongyou Liu
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Physical Exercise ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Lower Probability ◽  
Academic Variables ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to identify the relationship between social anxiety (SA) and internet addiction (IA) in a group of Chinese college students by controlling for the effects of physical exercise (PE), demographic, and academic variables. A sample of 4,677 students from five major regions of China participated in this survey. The findings revealed that: (1) SA had a direct effect on IA; (2) regular and active participation in physical exercise can relieve SA and IA effectively; (3) the level of SA and IA is strongly linked to sex; (4) the levels of SA and IA are different among students of different majors; (5) students in the middle phase of their academic career are more likely to have IA than those in the starting phase. The study is significant because few existing studies discuss the role of PE on SA and IA. Additionally, the study found that college students with more PE would have a lower level of SA and a lower probability of IA.

Idiocentrism, Allocentrism, Psychological Well Being and Suicidal Ideation: A Cross Cultural Study

2007 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Zhang ◽  
Jill M. Norvilitis ◽  
Travis Sky Ingersoll
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
College Students ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Cross Cultural Study ◽  
The Relationship

The present study examined the relationship between idiocentrism, allocentrism, psychological well being (self-esteem, depression, and social support), and suicidal ideation among 283 American college students and 343 Chinese college students. Idiocentrism was correlated with high self-esteem, high depression, and low social support, but the relationships were more likely to be significant for women than for men in both cultures. Allocentrism was primarily related to social support. As predicted, high levels of suicidal ideation were correlated with more idiocentrism, but only for women. Allocentrism was related to lower levels of suicidal ideation in both cultures, but the relationship was small. As suicide prevention may start from suicidal ideation treatment, the treatment of suicidal ideation may have to take into account cultural and personal characteristics, such as idiocentrism.

Relationship Between Perfectionism and Depression Among Chinese College Students With Self-Esteem as a Mediator

2019 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 490-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling Chai ◽  
Wenhui Yang ◽  
Jie Zhang ◽  
Shuyu Chen ◽  
Dwight A. Hennessy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Epidemiologic Studies ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Maladaptive Perfectionism ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Adaptive Perfectionism ◽  
Significant Mediator

Objectives This study is designed to examine the mediating role of self-esteem (SE) in the relationship between perfectionism and depression among a nonclinical sample of 918 Chinese college students. Methods Participants completed a questionnaire battery that included measures of perfectionism (Almost Perfect Scale-Revised), depression (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression), and self-esteem (The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale). Results The results showed that maladaptive perfectionism significantly and positively predicted depression, while adaptive perfectionism and self-esteem negatively predicted depression. More importantly, self-esteem partially mediated the prediction of depression from both adaptive perfectionism and maladaptive perfectionism. Conclusion Self-esteem was a significant mediator on the relationship between perfectionism and depression. Elevating student self-esteem may be a way of reducing depression, particularly among maladaptive perfectionists.

Subjective social class and Internet altruistic behavior among Chinese college students: Mediating role of self-esteem

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Xianliang Zheng ◽  
Zeyi Wang ◽  
Huiping Chen ◽  
Lingqing Yang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Altruistic Behavior ◽  
Jiangxi Province ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Subjective Social Class ◽  
The Relationship

We explored the role of self-esteem as a mediator in the relationship between subjective social class and Internet altruistic behavior. Participants were 520 Chinese college students from a range of rural and urban areas who were attending a public university in Jiangxi Province. Results show that subjective social class and self-esteem were significantly associated with Internet altruistic behavior, and that selfesteem was a significant indirect mediator of the relationship between subjective social class and Internet altruistic behavior. Implications of the findings are discussed.

Comorbidity and Personality in Body Dysmorphic Disorder

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley S. Hart ◽  
Martha A. Niemiec
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Substance Use Disorders ◽  
Body Dysmorphic Disorder ◽  
Rejection Sensitivity ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Axis I ◽  
The Relationship

Comorbidity is common in body dysmorphic disorder (BDD). Major depressive disorder, social anxiety disorder (social phobia), obsessive-compulsive disorder, and substance use disorders are the most frequently co-occurring Axis I conditions. Except for eating disorders (more common in women) and substance use disorders (more common in men), Axis I comorbidity rates in BDD appear similar across genders. Axis I comorbidity is associated with greater functional impairment and morbidity. Rates of comorbid personality disorders in BDD are high. Disorders from cluster C occur most frequently, with avoidant personality disorder the most common. Associated traits include low self-esteem and high levels of neuroticism, introversion, unassertiveness, social anxiety and inhibition, rejection sensitivity, and perfectionism. Research is needed on the relationship between BDD and psychiatric comorbidity, the causes and consequences of comorbidity in BDD, and the relationship between BDD and associated personality traits.

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