社交焦虑症状是整个生命周期中最常见的心理健康问题之一(Bandelow和MichaelisinDialogoriesClinNeurosci17(3):327-335,2015。https://doi.org/10.31887/DCNS.2015.17.3/bbandelow),在成年初期尤其重要,当社交反馈每天发生时(2021年,2021年,Auxier和Anderson在社交媒体中的使用。https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2021/04/07/社会媒体使用-2021/),新兴的成年人在新的社会环境中导航。已经确定了两个与社交焦虑相关的认知过程:高威胁解释偏见(即,从模糊性中评估威胁的倾向;Rozenman等人。BehavTher45(5):594-605,2014。https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2014.03.009;J焦虑症45:34-42,2017.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2016.11.004)与高度社交焦虑相关,而高感知社会支持与低社交焦虑相关。在这项研究中,新兴成年人(N=303)完成了对聊天室任务的在线改编(Guyer等人。ArchGenerPsychiatry65(11):1303-1312,2008。https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.65.11.1303),一种旨在模拟社会接受和拒绝的实验范式,以及基于性能的解释偏差度量(词句关联范式;BehavResTher46(10):1135-1141,2008。https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2008.05.012),和感知社会支持的自我报告测量(感知社会支持的多维量表;Zimet等人。在JPers评估52(1)中,30-41,1988.https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327752jpa5201_2).在Chatroom任务期间,社交焦虑症状并未随着接受或拒绝而增加。然而,每个认知预测因子和社交焦虑变化之间存在显著的相互作用:对威胁具有低解释偏见的新兴成年人和具有高感知社会支持的新兴成年人都经历了从聊天室任务前后的社交焦虑下降,无论他们在Chatroom任务期间是否被接受或拒绝。如果复制,低解释偏差和高感知的社会支持可能是新兴成年人社交互动的促进因素。
Social anxiety symptoms are one of the most common mental health concerns across the lifespan (Bandelow and Michaelis in Dialogues Clin Neurosci 17(3):327-335, 2015. https://doi.org/10.31887/DCNS.2015.17.3/bbandelow ) and are especially relevant during emerging adulthood, when social feedback occurs daily (Auxier and Anderson in Social media use in 2021, 2021. https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2021/04/07/social-media-use-in-2021/ ) as emerging adults navigate new social environments. Two cognitive processes have been identified as relevant to social anxiety: high threat interpretation bias (i.e., the tendency to appraise threat from ambiguity; Rozenman et al. in Behav Ther 45(5):594-605, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2014.03.009 ; J Anxiety Disord 45:34-42, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2016.11.004 ) is associated with high social anxiety, whereas high perceived social support is associated with low social anxiety. In this study, emerging adults (N = 303) completed an online adaptation of the Chatroom task (Guyer et al. in Arch Gener Psychiatry 65(11):1303-1312, 2008. https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.65.11.1303 ), an experimental paradigm designed to simulate social acceptance and rejection, as well as a performance-based measure of interpretation bias (Word Sentence Association Paradigm; Beard and Amir in Behav Res Ther 46(10):1135-1141, 2008. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2008.05.012 ), and a self-report measure of perceived social support (Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support; Zimet et al. in J Pers Assess 52(1), 30-41, 1988. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327752jpa5201_2 ). Social anxiety symptoms did not increase as a function of acceptance or rejection during the Chatroom task. However, there were significant interactions between each cognitive predictor and social anxiety change: emerging adults with low interpretation bias towards threat and emerging adults with high perceived social support both experienced decreases in social anxiety from pre- to post-Chatroom task, regardless of whether they were accepted or rejected during the Chatroom task. If replicated, low interpretation bias and high perceived social support may serve as promotive factors in social interactions for emerging adults.