Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, United States.
Addict Behav. 2012 Apr;37(4):533-6. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.11.026. Epub 2011 Dec 3.
Individuals with elevated social anxiety appear particularly vulnerable to experiencing alcohol-related problems; yet we know little about factors that may account for this relationship. One possibility is that socially anxious individuals hold beliefs about the impressions they make on others while drinking and these beliefs play an important role in their drinking behaviors. The present study used exploratory factor analysis among participants with clinically elevated social anxiety (n=166) to develop a measure, the Social Impressions while Drinking Scale (SIDS), to assess beliefs regarding others' impressions of drinking behaviors that may be particularly relevant to socially anxious individuals. A valuations scale was also developed to assess the importance of each belief. Empirically-derived subscales were identified with adequate reliability. Among socially anxious participants, the Gregarious and Sexual Facilitation subscales were uniquely related to drinking problems and frequency respectively. Individuals with clinically meaningful social anxiety achieved higher scores on all SIDS subscales compared to those with lower social anxiety (n=166). Several SIDS scales mediated the relations between social anxiety group status and drinking problems (Interaction Fears, Observation Fears, Aggression, Gregariousness). Results highlight the importance of examining beliefs specific to high-risk populations in assessing their alcohol-related behaviors.
具有社交焦虑症的个体似乎特别容易出现与酒精相关的问题；然而，我们对可能导致这种关系的因素知之甚少。一种可能性是，社交焦虑的个体在饮酒时对自己给他人留下的印象持有信念，而这些信念在他们的饮酒行为中起着重要作用。本研究在具有临床显著社交焦虑的参与者（n=166）中使用探索性因素分析，开发了一种衡量标准，即饮酒时的社会印象量表（SIDS），以评估可能与社交焦虑个体特别相关的有关他人对饮酒行为印象的信念。还开发了一个评估每个信念重要性的评估量表。具有足够可靠性的经验衍生子量表被确定。在社交焦虑的参与者中，合群和性促进子量表分别与饮酒问题和饮酒频率有独特的关系。与社交焦虑程度较低的参与者相比（n=166），具有临床意义的社交焦虑的个体在所有 SIDS 子量表上的得分都更高。几个 SIDS 量表在社交焦虑症组状态和饮酒问题之间的关系中起中介作用（交互恐惧、观察恐惧、攻击、合群）。结果强调了在评估高风险人群的酒精相关行为时，检查特定于高危人群的信念的重要性。
