School of Psychological Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel.
School of Psychological Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel.
J Anxiety Disord. 2024 Oct;107:102927. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2024.102927. Epub 2024 Sep 12.
Romantic relationships are vital for health, well-being and quality of life, and an increasing percentage of romantic relations begin via use of dating apps and subsequently progress to dates. In the present study we examined dating application use and dates among individuals with SAD (n = 54) and without SAD (n = 54). Our sample included young adults (age range 18 to 33) who were not in a romantic relationship at the time of the study. For both individuals with SAD and without SAD, half of the participants were men, and half were women. We used a daily diary measurement in which participants reported on their dating application use and dates, as well as on concomitant emotions and perceptions for 21 consecutive days. We found that individuals with and without SAD did not differ in the frequency/duration of application use nor in the number of dates attended. However, individuals with SAD experienced dates as more negative compared to individuals without SAD (Cohen's d = 0.65). Interestingly, individuals with SAD did not significantly differ in their experience of dates as positive compared to individuals without SAD. Moreover, use of dating applications/going on dates were associated with increases in shame (Cohen's d = 0.59) and embarrassment (Cohen's d = 0.45) and this was found to a greater extent among individuals with SAD compared to individuals without SAD (Cohen's d = 0.50, 0.39 for shame and embarrassment respectively). Findings are discussed in the context of cognitive behavioral models of SAD and implications for treatment are considered.
浪漫关系对健康、幸福和生活质量至关重要，越来越多的浪漫关系是通过使用约会应用程序开始的，随后发展为约会。在本研究中，我们调查了社交焦虑障碍患者（n=54）和无社交焦虑障碍患者（n=54）使用约会应用程序和约会的情况。我们的样本包括在研究时没有处于恋爱关系的年轻成年人（年龄在 18 至 33 岁之间）。对于有社交焦虑障碍和无社交焦虑障碍的个体，参与者中有一半是男性，一半是女性。我们使用了一种日常日记测量方法，参与者在 21 天的连续时间内报告他们使用约会应用程序和约会的情况，以及伴随的情绪和感知。我们发现，有社交焦虑障碍和无社交焦虑障碍的个体在应用程序使用的频率/持续时间以及参加的约会次数上没有差异。然而，有社交焦虑障碍的个体认为约会比没有社交焦虑障碍的个体更消极（Cohen's d = 0.65）。有趣的是，有社交焦虑障碍的个体在体验约会的积极方面与没有社交焦虑障碍的个体没有显著差异。此外，使用约会应用程序/约会与羞耻感（Cohen's d = 0.59）和尴尬感（Cohen's d = 0.45）的增加有关，而且这种情况在有社交焦虑障碍的个体中比在没有社交焦虑障碍的个体中更为明显（羞耻感和尴尬感分别为 Cohen's d = 0.50，0.39）。研究结果在社交焦虑障碍的认知行为模型背景下进行了讨论，并考虑了治疗的意义。
