Body-Esteem Mediates The Relationship Between Self-Esteem and Social Anxiety: The Moderating Roles of Weight and Gender

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 296-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbas Abdollahi ◽  
Mansor Abu Talib ◽  
Mohammad Reza Vakili Mobarakeh ◽  
Vahid Momtaz ◽  
Roya Kavian Mobarake
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Body Esteem ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Cognitive Vulnerabilities to Anxiety

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 419-440
Author(s):  
Mirjana Sučević ◽  
Ana Kurtović
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Anxiety Sensitivity ◽  
Intolerance Of Uncertainty ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Cognitive Vulnerabilities ◽  
Specific Effects ◽  
Social Concerns ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of personality, anxiety sensitivity, intolerance of uncertainty and self-esteem on different anxiety symptoms. A total of 436 university students completed measures of personality, anxiety sensitivity, intolerance of uncertainty, self-esteem, and symptoms of panic, worry and social anxiety. Results have shown that neuroticism, conscientiousness and psychological concerns (anxiety sensitivity) predict symptoms of panic and that psychological concerns mediate the relationship between neuroticism and panic. Worry was predicted by neuroticism, prospective and inhibitory intolerance of uncertainty and self-liking, with intolerance of uncertainty mediating between neuroticism and worry. Finally, neuroticism, openness to experiences and extraversion, as well as social concerns (anxiety sensitivity), inhibitory intolerance of uncertainty and self-liking predicted social anxiety. Social concerns, inhibitory intolerance of uncertainty and self-liking mediated the effects of neuroticism and extraversion on social anxiety. Results offer support to neuroticism being a universal risk factor and anxiety sensitivity, intolerance of uncertainty and self-esteem having specific effects on anxiety symptoms.

scholarly journals Social Anxiety in Relation to Self-Esteem among University Students in Jordan

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Odeh Suleiman Murad
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
University Students ◽  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Significant Negative Correlation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Personal Traits ◽  
Study Results ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Academic Year

People with social anxiety demonstrate different behavioral aspects such as nervousness, apprehension, fear, and concern that negatively affect their personal traits and self-esteem. The current study is designed to identify the relationship between social anxiety and self-esteem among university students. To achieve this purpose, the descriptive correlation approach was utilized. Social anxiety and self-esteem scales were applied to a sample of 334 university students in Jordan. The study results revealed a low level of social anxiety and a high level of self-esteem among participants. In addition, there was a statistically significant negative correlation between the level of social anxiety and self-esteem among participants. The study recommended holding workshops and seminars for fresh students at the beginning of each academic year, to alleviate their feeling of stress and social anxiety and to raise the level of their self-esteem.

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.

The Relationship between Career-Related Knowledge, Self-Esteem, Locus of Control, Gender and Employment Outcomes among Individuals with Learning Disabilities

2010 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Marie Mathis ◽  
Richard T. Roessler
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Employment Outcome ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation Services ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

Data selected from the 1994-1999 Longitudinal Study of the Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program were used to examine the contribution of self-esteem, career-related knowledge, locus of control, and gender to the prediction of employment outcome experienced by individuals with learning disabilities (LD), as well as to hourly wages, weekly hours worked, and job satisfaction. Using logistic regression analyses, no independent variables studied were predictive of employment outcome for all participants (n = 240) or receiving workplace benefits for those who were employed (n = 63). Multiple regression analyses indicated that gender (p < .01) and belief in chance (p < .05) significantly predicted hourly wages for participants who were employed. Career-related knowledge was a significant (p < .05) predictor of job satisfaction.

Body image and self-esteem in older adulthood

2009 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 977-995 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUCIE BAKER ◽  
EYAL GRINGART
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Older Adulthood ◽  
National Priority ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Body Self ◽  
Image Variables ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACTGiven global population ageing and the fact that Australia is experiencing a significant increase in the proportion of older adults in its population, research into ageing issues has become a national priority. Whilst body image and self-esteem have been empirically linked, the relationship among older adults has been neglected. This study investigated several body-image variables and their relationship to self-esteem in a sample of 148 men and women aged 65–85 years who were living independently in the Perth Metropolitan Area of Western Australia. They completed the ‘Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale’ and the ‘Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire’. The results indicated, contrary to a common misconception, that body-image concerns are significant to self-esteem in older adulthood, but that these vary by age and gender. Whilst women appear to develop various strategies to counter the effects of ageing, men seem to be more negatively affected, particularly in relation to body functioning. The findings shed light on the meaning of body image in older adulthood. A better understanding of the meaning of body image, of the factors that influence the meaning, and of how these relate to older adults' self-esteem may help older adults develop a positive body image that will contribute to psycho-social strengths and enhance their quality of life.

Metacognition in schizophrenia: The relationship of mastery to coping, insight, self-esteem, social anxiety, and various facets of neurocognition

2011 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 412-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul H. Lysaker ◽  
Molly Erickson ◽  
Jamie Ringer ◽  
Kelly D. Buck ◽  
Antonio Semerari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between social anxiety, shyness and blushing

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S47-S47
Author(s):  
A. Pelissolo ◽  
A. Moukheiber
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Age Of Onset ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Clinical Markers ◽  
Personality Profiles ◽  
Dsm 5 ◽  
Fear Of Blushing ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
The Relationship

The diagnosis of social anxiety disorder (SAD) has seen substantial changes in the last 35 years from its first appearance in the DSM-III in 1980 up to the most recent ones in the DSM-5. Throughout all these changes, this disorder, previously called social phobia, is still considered one homogenous entity with only one specifier (“performance only”) introduced in the DSM-5 revision with specific fears or associated personality profiles not being considered relevant clinical markers to define SAD subtypes. However, our therapeutic experience suggested substantial particularities associated with the fear of blushing in patients with SAD. Some patients presenting this profile, historically called “erythrophobia”, seem to have a very specific type of social anxiety that does not include shyness and other characteristics of classical SAD. In a study conducted in a sample of 450 new consecutive outpatients seeking treatment for SAD, we compared 142 subjects with fear of blushing without other social fears, 97 subjects with fear of blushing with other associated social fears and 190 SAD subjects without fear of blushing. The group with pure fear of blushing presented a different profile when compared with the two other groups: later age of onset, less comorbidity, lower behavioral and temperamental inhibition, i.e. less shyness, and higher self-esteem. Furthermore, from a therapeutic point of view, some specific strategies such as the Task Concentration Training have shown to be particularly effective in fear of blushing. We will further argue the validity of a possible “fear of blushing” subtype of SAD.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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