Social anxiety and depressive symptoms mediate instrumentality and maladaptive interpersonal styles

Nicholas P Hutchins; Lisa Raith

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2014.07.027

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Social anxiety and depressive symptoms mediate instrumentality and maladaptive interpersonal styles

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Social anxiety and depressive symptoms mediate instrumentality and maladaptive interpersonal styles

Nicholas P Hutchins and Lisa Raith

Personality and Individual Differences, Vol.71, pp.86-91

2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.07.027

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Abstract

social anxiety

depression

instrumentality

dependence

detachment

gender role

expressiveness

Personal Attributes Questionnaire

This study sought to examine the relationships between stereotypically masculine (instrumentality) and feminine (expressiveness) personality traits, social anxiety and depressive symptoms, and three interpersonal styles of relating: destructive overdependence (DO), dysfunctional detachment (DD), and healthy dependence (HD). Based on theories of social anxiety and recent research on social anxiety and close relationships, it is argued that individuals with higher levels of social anxiety would display greater detachment and overdependence in their interpersonal relationships. Students at an Australian university (n = 524) completed a battery of online self-report measures. The findings suggest that low levels of instrumentality are related to social anxiety and depressive symptoms, which both mediate the relationship between instrumentality and the two maladaptive interpersonal styles of relating: DO and DD.

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Title: Social anxiety and depressive symptoms mediate instrumentality and maladaptive interpersonal styles
Authors: Nicholas P Hutchins (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Business
Lisa Raith (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Business
Publication details: Personality and Individual Differences, Vol.71, pp.86-91
Publisher: Pergamon
Date published: 2014
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.07.027
ISSN: 0191-8869; 0191-8869
Organisation Unit: School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99448892002621
Output Type: Journal article

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