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KMID : 0981220150150010137
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Congnitive Behavior Therapy in Korea
2015 Volume.15 No. 1 p.137 ~ p.153
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The Mediating Effect of Reassurance Seeking in the Relationships Between Fear of Negative and Positive Evaluation and Social Anxiety
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Kim Hwa-Young
Park Kee-Hwan
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between fear of negative and positive evaluation and social anxiety, and also how reassurance seeking mediated those factors. Excessive reassurance seeking has been defined as the repeated solicitation of safety-related information from others about a threatening object, situation, or interpersonal characteristic despite having already received this information with the purpose of seeking to restore a sense of confidence or to reduce anxiety or apprehension. For the purpose of examining the mediating effect of these factors, 439 university students were asked to complete Social Interaction Anxiety Scale(SIAS), Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale(BFNE), Fear of Positive Evaluation Scale(K-FPES), and Reassurance Seeking Scale(RSS). Hierarchical regression analysis was conducted to examine mediating effects of reassurance seeking. Results indicated that reassurance seeking partially mediated between fear of positive evaluation and social anxiety. With these results, the relationship between fear of positive evaluation and social anxiety was discussed in terms of cognitive and behavioral aspects. Finally, the clinical implications and several limitations of the present study were discussed.
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KEYWORD
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social anxiety, fear of positive evaluation, fear of negative evaluation, reassurance seeking, safety behaviors
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