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The Korean Journal of Health Psychology

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The Relation Between Rejection Sensitivity and Social Anxiety in Male and Female Korean College Students: The Mediating Effects of Attentional Focusing and Moderating Effects of Attentional Shifting

The Korean Journal of Health Psychology / The Korean Journal of Health Psychology, (P)1229-070X; (E)2713-9581
2016, v.21 no.3, pp.641-660
https://doi.org/10.17315/kjhp.2016.21.3.010


& (2016). The Relation Between Rejection Sensitivity and Social Anxiety in Male and Female Korean College Students: The Mediating Effects of Attentional Focusing and Moderating Effects of Attentional Shifting. The Korean Journal of Health Psychology, 21(3), 641-660, https://doi.org/10.17315/kjhp.2016.21.3.010

Abstract

Rejection sensitivity is related with a variety of psychological issues. This study aimed to determine the mediating effects of attentional focusing and moderating effects of attentional shifting on the relationship between rejection sensitivity and social anxiety among college students. For these purposes, 489 college students (261 males and 228 females) completed the Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire(RSQ), Attentional Control Questionnaire(ACQ), Social Interaction Anxiety Scale(SIAS), Social Phobia Scale(SPS). Study results indicated that rejection sensitivity and performance anxiety which is a subtype of social anxiety were higher in females than males. However, relation direction and coefficient were not significantly different between. Both genders showed a higher social anxiety scores of if they had a higher rejection sensitivity score. The subtypes of attentional control - attentional focusing and attentional shifting - showed significant negative correlation with rejection sensitivity and social anxiety. The mediating factors of attentional focusing in the relationship between rejection sensitivity and social anxiety in college students of both genders were investigated. As a result, attentional focusing was shown to have significant, partial mediating effects in social anxiety in both genders. The moderating factors of attentional shifting in the relationship between rejection sensitivity and social anxiety in college students of both genders were investigated; however the moderating effects of attentional shifting between the two variables was not confirmed in this study. Rather, mediating effects of attentional shifting were seen in college students of both genders. These findings highlight attention processes that causes social anxiety. This study aimed to identify variables that mediate or moderate the relationship between rejection sensitivity and social anxiety. The findings increase the current understanding of attention processes that causes social anxiety. This study also provides various ways for decreasing the social anxiety. Lastly, the limitations of this study and further planned studies are discussed.

keywords
거부민감성, 사회적 상호작용불안, 수행불안, 주의초점, 주의전환, Rejection Sensitivity, Social Interaction Anxiety, Performance Anxiety, Attentional Focusing, Attentional Shifting

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