The Interaction Anxiousness Scale: Construct and Criterion-Related Validity

Leary, Mark R.; Kowalski, Robin M.

doi:10.1207/s15327752jpa6101_10

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“…The self-presentational model of shyness, which is based in a comprehensive contemporary social-cognitive theory, suggested that all cases of social anxiety or shyness do not arise for precisely the same reasons for all individuals, although the precipitating factors will involve concerns with how one is appearing to others (Leary and Kowalski 1995). In support of these assumptions, it was found that people with high motivation to seek approval and fear disapproval tend to score high in dispositional shyness (Leary and Kowalski 1993;Watson and Friend 1969), showing that fear of negative evaluation is an important cognitive component of shyness construct. Shyness was also explained by negative selfevaluations in that shy people tend to evaluate themselves negatively and hold a low sense of self-worth (Cheek and Buss 1981;Crozier 1995).…”

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The Relationship Between Perceived Parental Attitudes and Shyness among Turkish Youth: Fear of Negative Evaluation and Self-esteem as Mediators

Koydemir-Özden

Demir

2009

Curr Psychol

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between three perceived parental attitudes and shyness, testing self-esteem and fear of negative evaluation as mediators. The study used a total of 492 undergraduate students in Turkey. Data was collected through measures of shyness, fear of negative evaluation, self-esteem, and perceived parental attitudes. The proposed model was estimated using path analysis. Goodness of fit statistics showed that the model fit the data well. Results indicated that parental acceptance/involvement predicted self-esteem; perceived parental strictness/supervision predicted fear of negative evaluation; and perceived parental psychological autonomy predicted self-esteem. Self-esteem partially mediated the relationship between parental acceptance/involvement and shyness, whereas it fully mediated the relationship between parental psychological autonomy and shyness. Fear of negative evaluation fully mediated the relationship between parental strictness/supervision and shyness. In addition, the relationship between self-esteem and shyness was partially mediated by fear of negative evaluation. The findings provided evidence for the propositions that parental attitudes are important in the development of self-image and fears of rejection which result in the experience of shyness.

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The Relationship Between Perceived Parental Attitudes and Shyness among Turkish Youth: Fear of Negative Evaluation and Self-esteem as Mediators

Koydemir-Özden

Demir

2009

Curr Psychol

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“…-Interaction Anxiousness Scale: Interaction Anxiousness Scale (IAS) [39] is a self-report measure on a 5-point Likert scale with anchors ranging from not at all characteristic of me (1) to very characteristic of me (5). It measures the subjective experience of anxiety associated with social interactions.…”

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Overcoming Public Speaking Anxiety of Software Engineers Using Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy

Nazlıgül

Yılmaz

Güleç

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Communications in Computer and Information Science

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Abstract. Public speaking anxiety is a type of social phobia, which might be commonly seen in novice software engineers. It is usually triggered by a fear of social performance especially when the performer is unfamiliar with the audience. Today, many software engineering activities (e.g. code inspection, peer review, daily meetings, etc.) require social gatherings where individuals need to present their work. However, novice software engineers may not be able to reduce their performance anxiety during their course of education. In this study, we propose a virtual reality approach to construct a practice environment for improving novice software engineers' pubic speaking experiences. Consequently, we examine the effects of virtual reality intervention on the public speaking experience of six novice software engineers from a computer engineering department. We designed a virtual auditorium to simulate the presentation delivery environment and findings suggest that using this infrastructre for training purposes can reduce presenter anxiety levels which is consistent with related published studies. We believe that this virtual auditorium environment can deliver benefits for students and practitioners alike in terms of addressing the anxiety that is often associated with early stage career presenters.

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“…Mothers' shy and anxious characteristics were assessed via the Revised Cheek and Buss Shyness Scale (Cheek 1983;Cheek and Buss 1981) and the Leary Interaction Anxiousness Scale (Leary and Kowalski 1993). Given that many have argued that shyness and social anxiety are overlapping constructs (Hopko et al 2005;Turner et al 1990), an aggregate measure of shyness and social anxiety was administered.…”

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“…''I wish I had more confidence in social situations. ''); previous studies have indicated that this is a reliable and valid measure of social anxiety (Leary and Kowalski 1993). The items from both scales were presented as a single questionnaire.…”

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The Parenting Behaviors of Shy–Anxious Mothers: The Moderating Role of Vagal Tone

2015

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There is a long history examining the antecedents of maladaptive parenting practices. Indeed, in both the developmental and clinical literature, maternal anxiety has been linked to maladaptive parenting behavior, including engaging in high levels of control during mother-child interactions. However, the association between anxiety and controlling parenting is not consistent throughout the literature. Therefore, we sought to examine potential moderators that may impact the relation between anxiety and parenting. Specifically, we investigated maternal physiological regulation as a moderator of the relations between mothers' characteristics of shynessanxiety and their engagement in supportive parenting, restrictive parenting, and overprotective parenting. Sixtysix mothers of preschool-aged children participated. Mothers completed a questionnaire about their shynessanxiety, and their respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) was measured at baseline as an index of parasympathetic regulation. In addition, mothers completed the Childrearing Practices Q-Sort as an index of parenting. Analyses revealed that mothers' shyness-anxiety was positively predictive of overprotective parenting and negatively predictive of supportive parenting. In addition, RSA moderated the relation between mothers' shyness-anxiety and overprotective parenting, but not supportive or restrictive parenting. Results are discussed with regard to the significant role that maternal emotion regulation plays in parenting practices. Specifically, it appears that shy-anxious mothers' emotion regulation may be an important area of focus for parent-training programs designed to prevent children's anxiety.

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The Interaction Anxiousness Scale: Construct and Criterion-Related Validity

Cited by 161 publications

References 24 publications

The Relationship Between Perceived Parental Attitudes and Shyness among Turkish Youth: Fear of Negative Evaluation and Self-esteem as Mediators

The Relationship Between Perceived Parental Attitudes and Shyness among Turkish Youth: Fear of Negative Evaluation and Self-esteem as Mediators

Overcoming Public Speaking Anxiety of Software Engineers Using Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy

The Parenting Behaviors of Shy–Anxious Mothers: The Moderating Role of Vagal Tone

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