Journal article
Exploring relations between shyness and social anxiety disorder: The role of sociability
Abstract
We explored the relation between shyness and social anxiety disorder (SAD) by investigating the role of sociability in this association. Using a multicomponent approach, we found that sociability moderated the association between shyness and SAD in adults, such that individuals who experience conflicted shyness (i.e., scoring high on shyness and sociability) displayed the greatest disturbance across cognitive, behavioral, and somatic components …
Authors
Poole KL; Van Lieshout RJ; Schmidt LA
Journal
Personality and Individual Differences, Vol. 110, , pp. 55–59
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
May 2017
DOI
10.1016/j.paid.2017.01.020
ISSN
0191-8869