Naslov
Faces of social anxiety: Fear of intimacy and anxiety in interpersonal relationships among Croatian young adults

Autori
Vulić - Prtorić, Anita ; Glavak Tkalić, Renata

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, stručni

Izvornik
Book of Abstracts. 37th STAR Conference / Lauri Korajlija, Anita ; Begić Dražen ; Jurin , Tanja - Zagreb : Medicinska naklada, 2016, 256-256

ISBN
978-953-176-757-6

Skup
37th STAR CONFERENCE

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 06.07.2016. - 08.07.2016

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
fear of intimacy ; interpersonal relationship anxiety ; personality

Sažetak
Social anxiety may be presented in a variety of forms, such as fear of intimacy, fear of abandonment, fear of own hostile impulses in relationships, fear of social evaluation, fear of self-disclosure, etc. In specific constellations with personal and contextual factors, these fears and anxieties tend to develop in psychopathological ways in the future. The aim of the research was to examine the relationship between seven personality characteristics related to parental acceptance - rejection theory and two main aspects of anxiety: fear of intimacy in adulthood and anxiety in interpersonal relationships. The research was carried out in Zagreb, Croatia among 235 graduate university students (61% females). The age of respondents was between 20 and 30 years ( =23.11, sd=1.508). Respondents completed Adult Personality Assessment Questionnaire, Interpersonal Relationship Anxiety Questionnaire, Fear of Intimacy Scale, and Personal Information Form. Fear of intimacy and anxiety in interpersonal relationship were moderately correlated (r=0.37) indicated that they are two very different aspects of social anxiety. Results of hierarchical multiple regression analyses indicated that negative self-esteem is the main personality aspect that made significant independent contribution to both fear of intimacy and interpersonal relationship anxiety. As expected, fear of intimacy was strongly related to person’s ability to freely and openly express his/her emotions. In general, personality variables contributed more to the fear of intimacy (46, 5% of variance) then to anxiety in interpersonal relationships (30% of variance).

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

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