خلاصة:
Objective: Social phobia is considered as one of the most common anxiety disorders. The researchers have been looking for the basic mechanism behind it, since determining these factors can be influential in prevention and treatment. In recent years, some of the most important personality and cognitive correlates of social phobia including neuroticism, fear of negative evaluation, anxiety sensitivity and intolerance of uncertainty have been discovered. This study aims to examine the nature of the relationship between these variables and how they are related to social phobia.Method: 550 students studying in different faculties of Semnan University completed Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) voluntarily. Those who scored above cutoff (156 people) were given the neuroticism subscale of Eysenck questionnaire, Fear of Negative Evaluation (BFNE), and Anxiety Sensitivity (ASI) and Intolerance of Uncertainty (IUS) questionnaires.Results: The results resulted from path analysis demonstrated that intolerance of uncertainty and fear of negative evaluation were the mediating factors in the relationship between neuroticism and symptoms related to social phobia,while anxiety sensitivity did not play this mediating role.Conclusion: Since this disorder is widespread and has a negative effect on people's lives, particularly their professional lives, determining the role of intolerance of uncertainty and other correlates of social phobia in predicting this disorder can give us a better understanding of the contributing factors. Therefore, the potential use of these results is of great importance to therapists in treating the aforementioned social anxiety disorder.
ملخص الجهاز:
In recent years, some of the most important personality and cognitive correlates of social phobia including neuroticism, fear of negative evaluation, anxiety sensitivity and intolerance of uncertainty have been discovered.
Results: The results resulted from path analysis demonstrated that intolerance of uncertainty and fear of negative evaluation were the mediating factors in the relationship between neuroticism and symptoms related to social phobia,while anxiety sensitivity did not play this mediating role.
com Article type: Original Article Article history: Received: 10 May 2014 Revised: 29 May 2014 Accepted: 11 Jun Keywords: Social Anxiety NeuroticismFear of Negative EvaluationAnxiety Sensitivity Intolerance of Uncertainty <H2>Introduction</H2> Social anxiety disorder is an excessive and unreasonable fear of situations in which an individual’s behavior or performance may be examined or evaluated (Wild, Clark, Ehlers &amp; Mcmanus, 2008).
The first study that examined the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and social phobia with considering other personality (neuroticism) and cognitive (fear of negative evaluation, anxiety sensitivity, self- esteem and perfectionism) variables was conducted on a sample of 126 Dutch participants.
The results of the study showed that in spite of controlling neuroticism as a personality variable and other cognitive variables such as fear of negative evaluation, anxiety sensitivity, self-esteem and perfectionism that are the correlates of social phobia, there is a particular relationship between social phobia and intolerance of uncertainty.
This study is also conducted to clarify the nature of relationship between the most important correlates of social phobia (neuroticism, fear of negative evaluation, anxiety sensitivity and intolerance of uncertainty) more.