The Relation Between Social Anxiety and Perceptions of Likeability and Friendship in Adolescents.

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Clinical Psychology in Europe Pub Date : 2024-12-20 eCollection Date: 2024-12-01 DOI:10.32872/cpe.10705

Jeanine M D Baartmans, Bonny F J A van Steensel, J Loes Pouwels, Tessa A M Lansu, Reinout W H J Wiers, Susan M Bögels, Anke M Klein

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Abstract

Background: This study investigated how different social anxiety symptoms (i.e., worrying about negative evaluation versus avoidance tendencies) in adolescents are related to the perception accuracy of likeability by peers and friendships with peers.

Method: A community sample of 263 adolescents between 12 and 15 years old reported on their social anxiety symptoms. In addition, they estimated how much their peers liked them, indicated how much they liked their peers, and who their friends were in their classroom.

Results: Results showed that socially anxious adolescents who mainly worried about negative evaluations, underestimated their likeability by peers. Adolescents with strong social avoidance tendencies had a more accurate perception of their likeability and friendships; they were less liked by their peers and had fewer friends.

Conclusion: The results emphasize the importance of treating avoidance behavior in social anxiety since avoidance tendencies may not only maintain the social anxiety symptoms but are also related to a more negative judgment by others.

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青少年社交焦虑与友善感、友谊感的关系。

背景：本研究探讨了青少年不同的社交焦虑症状（即担心负面评价倾向与回避倾向）与同伴好感度和同伴友谊感知准确性的关系。方法：对263名12 ~ 15岁的青少年进行社区抽样，报告其社交焦虑症状。此外，他们还估计了他们的同龄人有多喜欢他们，指出了他们有多喜欢他们的同龄人，以及他们的朋友是谁。结果：社交焦虑青少年主要担心负面评价，低估了自己在同伴中的受欢迎程度。具有强烈社交回避倾向的青少年对自己的亲和力和友谊有更准确的感知；他们不太受同龄人的喜爱，朋友也更少。结论：研究结果强调了在社交焦虑中治疗回避行为的重要性，因为回避倾向不仅可能维持社交焦虑症状，而且与他人对社交焦虑的负面判断有关。

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