A Test of the Mediation Effect of Shame and Social Anxiety on the Relationship between Parents-Children Communication Type and School Adaptation : Focusing on Gender Differences

Recent research has emphasized the crucial role of expressive flexibility in mental health. This study extended prior studies by further exploring the mediating mechanism and possible gender differences underlying the association between expressive flexibility and mental health indexed by depression and life satisfaction based on the dual-factor model of mental health. Specifically, we explored whether social support mediated the association between expressive flexibility and depression as well as life satisfaction, and whether there were gender differences in these relationships. A total of 711 voluntary college students (mean age = 20.98 years, SD = 2.28; 55.70% women) completed a set of scales assessing expressive flexibility, perceived social support, depression, and life satisfaction. Results showed that expressive flexibility had a positive direct effect on life satisfaction and social support mediated this association. Social support also mediated the relationship between expressive flexibility and depression. The mediation effect of social support was robust and consistent in men and women whereas expressive flexibility had a stronger direct effect on depression in women compared to men. The present study contributes to clarifying the relationship between expressive flexibility and mental health from a more comprehensive perspective. Last, the strengths and limitations of this study were discussed.

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The Relationship Between Witnessing Bullying, Defending Targets, and Internalizing Symptoms: An Analysis of Gender Differences Among Sixth-Grade Students

Professional School Counseling ◽

10.1177/2156759x211058159 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

pp. 2156759X2110581

Author(s):

Aida Midgett ◽

Diana M. Doumas ◽

Matt Peck ◽

Amanda Windburn

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Gender Differences ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Social Anxiety ◽

Internalizing Symptoms ◽

Sixth Grade ◽

Female Students ◽

Male Students ◽

Sixth Grade Students ◽

The Relationship

We examined the moderating effect of gender on witnessing bullying, defending, and internalizing symptoms among sixth-grade students at one middle school in the northwestern United States. Results indicated that for females, witnessing bullying was positively associated with depressive symptoms and social anxiety, whereas for males, defending was positively associated with depressive symptoms. Findings suggest the importance of equipping female students with strategies to cope with witnessing bullying and providing male students with appropriate intervention skills for defending targets.

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Fear of eyes: triadic relation among social anxiety, trypophobia, and discomfort for eye cluster

PeerJ ◽

10.7717/peerj.1942 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 ◽

pp. e1942 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Kengo Chaya ◽

Yuting Xue ◽

Yusuke Uto ◽

Qirui Yao ◽

Yuki Yamada

Keyword(s):

Individual Differences ◽

Social Anxiety ◽

Indirect Effect ◽

Spectral Properties ◽

Anxiety Scale ◽

Mediation Effect ◽

Specific Response ◽

Human Face ◽

Triadic Relation ◽

The Relationship

Imagine you are being gazed at by multiple individuals simultaneously. Is the provoked anxiety a learned social-specific response or related to a pathological disorder known as trypophobia? A previous study revealed that spectral properties of images induced aversive reactions in observers with trypophobia. However, it is not clear whether individual differences such as social anxiety traits are related to the discomfort associated with trypophobic images. To investigate this issue, we conducted two experiments with social anxiety and trypophobia and images of eyes and faces. In Experiment 1, participants completed a social anxiety scale and trypophobia questionnaire before evaluation of the discomfort experienced upon exposure to pictures of eye. The results showed that social anxiety had a significant indirect effect on the discomfort associated with the eye clusters, and that the effect was mediated by trypophobia. Experiment 2 replicated Experiment 1 using images of human face. The results showed that, as in Experiment 1, a significant mediation effect of trypophobia was obtained, although the relationship between social anxiety and the discomfort rating was stronger than in Experiment 1. Our findings suggest that both social anxiety and trypophobia contribute to the induction of discomfort when one is gazed at by many people.

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Attachment, loneliness, and social anxiety: A comparison of deaf and hearing Chinese adolescents

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.2016.44.6.1033 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 44 (6) ◽

pp. 1033-1042

Author(s):

Jing Ye ◽

Anqi Peng ◽

Aitao Lu ◽

Haiping Tian ◽

Xiuxiu Hong ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Anxiety ◽

Life Experience ◽

Well Being ◽

Normal Hearing ◽

Chinese Adolescents ◽

Peer Attachment ◽

Mediation Effect ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

The Relationship ◽

Father Attachment

We investigated whether or not social anxiety mediates the relationship between attachment and loneliness with a group of Chinese adolescents with normal hearing (n = 152) and a second group who were deaf (n = 120), and, if so, if this mediation effect is moderated by life experience. In this study, Chinese adolescents completed anonymous surveys regarding attachment, social anxiety, and loneliness. The results showed that the relationship between father attachment and loneliness was not mediated by social anxiety for either deaf or hearing adolescents. In contrast, for both mother and peer attachment, the relationship was partially mediated by social anxiety for hearing adolescents only. We discuss the implications of the findings and potential interventions that can be applied to increase subjective well-being in deaf and hearing Chinese adolescents.

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