Baartmans Jeanine M D, van Steensel Bonny F J A, Pouwels J Loes, Lansu Tessa A M, Wiers Reinout W H J, Bögels Susan M, Klein Anke M
UvA Minds: Academic Treatment Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Developmental Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Clin Psychol Eur. 2024 Dec 20;6(4):e10705. doi: 10.32872/cpe.10705. eCollection 2024 Dec.
This study investigated how different social anxiety symptoms (i.e., worrying about negative evaluation versus avoidance tendencies) in adolescents are related to the perception accuracy of likeability by peers and friendships with peers.
A community sample of 263 adolescents between 12 and 15 years old reported on their social anxiety symptoms. In addition, they estimated how much their peers liked them, indicated how much they liked their peers, and who their friends were in their classroom.
Results showed that socially anxious adolescents who mainly worried about negative evaluations, underestimated their likeability by peers. Adolescents with strong social avoidance tendencies had a more accurate perception of their likeability and friendships; they were less liked by their peers and had fewer friends.
The results emphasize the importance of treating avoidance behavior in social anxiety since avoidance tendencies may not only maintain the social anxiety symptoms but are also related to a more negative judgment by others.
本研究调查了青少年不同的社交焦虑症状（即担心负面评价与回避倾向）如何与同伴对其受欢迎程度的感知准确性以及与同伴的友谊相关。
对263名12至15岁的青少年社区样本进行社交焦虑症状报告。此外，他们估计同伴对自己的喜欢程度，表明自己对同伴的喜欢程度，并指出在班级中谁是他们的朋友。
结果显示，主要担心负面评价的社交焦虑青少年低估了同伴对自己的喜欢程度。具有强烈社交回避倾向的青少年对自己的受欢迎程度和友谊有更准确的认知；他们不太受同伴喜欢，朋友也较少。
结果强调了治疗社交焦虑中回避行为的重要性，因为回避倾向不仅可能维持社交焦虑症状，还与他人更负面的判断有关。
