Inderbitzen-Nolan Heidi M, Anderson Emily R, Johnson Helena S
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Psychology, 238 Burnett Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0308, United States.
J Anxiety Disord. 2007;21(1):76-90. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2006.03.013. Epub 2006 May 11.
Although results regarding objective social skills deficits in adults are inconsistent, research with youth have consistently demonstrated such deficits. Furthermore, research has consistently demonstrated subjective appraisal of social skill deficit in both youth and adults with social phobia or social anxiety. As a result, research has begun to examine the presence of a negative perceptual bias in individuals with social phobia and social anxiety. The purpose of the present study was to extend the findings of social skill deficits to an adolescent sample by investigating differences between adolescents with social phobia and non-anxious peers with regard to objective and subjective behavioral ratings. In addition, the presence of a negative perceptual bias was investigated by examining discrepancy scores between these ratings. The results of the current study provide support for the presence of social skill deficits in a socially phobic adolescent population and are the first to suggest that a limited negative bias exists in this population.
尽管关于成人客观社交技能缺陷的研究结果并不一致，但针对青少年的研究一直表明存在此类缺陷。此外，研究一直表明，患有社交恐惧症或社交焦虑症的青少年和成人对社交技能缺陷都有主观评价。因此，研究开始考察社交恐惧症和社交焦虑症患者中是否存在负面感知偏差。本研究的目的是通过调查社交恐惧症青少年与非焦虑同龄人在客观和主观行为评分方面的差异，将社交技能缺陷的研究结果扩展到青少年样本。此外，通过检查这些评分之间的差异分数来调查负面感知偏差的存在。当前研究的结果支持社交恐惧症青少年群体中存在社交技能缺陷，并且首次表明该群体中存在有限的负面偏差。
