- Title
- Unique associations of revised-reinforcement sensitivity theory constructs with social anxiety
- Creator
- Gomez, Rapson; Stavropoulos, Vasileios; Watson, Shaun; Brown, Taylor; Corr, Philip
- Date
- 2022
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/186782
- Identifier
- vital:16960
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-021-00552-9
- Identifier
- ISBN:1557-1874 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Revised reinforcement sensitivity theory (r-RST) is a major neuropsychological theory of motivation, emotion, and personality. We report the results of a study that examined the unique relationships of the r-RST constructs with two forms of anxiety: social interaction and social performance. Five hundred and seventy-two adults completed the Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory of Personality Questionnaire (RST-PQ) alongside measures of social interaction anxiety and social performance anxiety. Regression results revealed that, as predicted, both social interaction anxiety and social performance anxiety were linked uniquely and positively with the behavioral inhibition system (BIS) scale score. In addition, social performance anxiety was associated uniquely and positively with the fight-flight-freeze system (FFFS) scale score. The theoretical and clinical implications of the findings for social anxiety are discussed. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Relation
- International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction Vol. 20, no. 5 (2022), p. 2838-2850
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright © 2021, The Author(s)
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 4206 Public health; 5203 Clinical and health psychology; Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory of Personality Questionnaire; Revised-reinforcement sensitivity theory; Social anxiety; Social interaction anxiety; Social performance anxiety
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