University of Waterloo; University of Manitoba.
University of Waterloo.
Behav Ther. 2021 Nov;52(6):1418-1432. doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2021.03.011. Epub 2021 Mar 31.
What drives positive affective and interpersonal experiences during social interaction? Undergraduates with high (n = 63) or low (n = 56) trait social anxiety (SA) were paired with unfamiliar low SA partners in a 45-minute conversation task. Throughout the task, participants and their conversation partners completed measures of affiliative goals, affect, curiosity, authenticity, and attentional focus. Both affective and interpersonal outcomes were assessed. Dyadic analyses revealed that participants' affiliative goals during the social interaction predicted positive outcomes for both themselves and their partners, although the link between affiliative goals and positive affect was weaker for participants with high SA. Mediation analyses demonstrated that adopting affiliative goals may promote more positive outcomes by increasing participants' curiosity and felt authenticity. Taken together, results illuminate the pathways through which people with varying levels of trait SA may derive interpersonally generated positive affect and positive social outcomes, with implications for clinical theory and practice.
在社交互动中，是什么驱动积极的情感和人际体验？将具有高（n=63）或低（n=56）特质社交焦虑（SA）的大学生与不熟悉的低 SA 伙伴配对，进行 45 分钟的对话任务。在整个任务中，参与者及其对话伙伴完成了亲和目标、情感、好奇心、真实性和注意力焦点的测量。评估了二元结果。对偶分析表明，参与者在社交互动过程中的亲和目标预测了他们自己和他们的伙伴的积极结果，尽管对于高 SA 的参与者来说，亲和目标与积极情感之间的联系较弱。中介分析表明，通过增加参与者的好奇心和真实感，采用亲和目标可能会促进更积极的结果。总之，这些结果阐明了具有不同特质 SA 水平的人可能从人际产生的积极情感和积极的社会结果中获得积极影响的途径，对临床理论和实践具有启示意义。
