Madell Dominic, Muncer Steven
Psychology Department, University of Durham Queen's Campus, Stockton on Tees, United Kingdom.
Cyberpsychol Behav. 2006 Oct;9(5):618-22. doi: 10.1089/cpb.2006.9.618.
Shyness (or social anxiety) and social phobia can be viewed as two distinct conditions, and this study investigates whether they are related to use of the Internet generally, and for communication purposes. 362 participants from two schools, a college and a university in the Teesside area in England were asked to complete Mattick and Clarke's (1998) Social Phobia (SPS) and Social Interaction Anxiety (SIAS) scales and also answer a questionnaire which asked them about their use of the Internet generally and for communication purposes. The findings from these suggested that social anxiety and social phobia are not highly associated with use of the Internet either in general, or for communication purposes, although minor associations with certain aspects of Internet use are discussed.
羞怯（或社交焦虑）和社交恐惧症可被视为两种不同的状况，本研究调查它们是否与一般意义上的互联网使用以及出于交流目的的互联网使用有关。来自英格兰蒂斯河畔地区两所学校、一所学院和一所大学的362名参与者被要求完成马蒂克和克拉克（1998年）的社交恐惧症量表（SPS）和社交互动焦虑量表（SIAS），并回答一份问卷，该问卷询问了他们一般意义上的互联网使用情况以及出于交流目的的互联网使用情况。这些研究结果表明，社交焦虑和社交恐惧症与一般意义上的互联网使用或出于交流目的的互联网使用并没有高度关联，不过也讨论了与互联网使用某些方面的轻微关联。
