Anxiety, emotional security and the interpersonal behavior of individuals with social anxiety disorder

Abstract

These findings are consistent with predictions based on several theoretical perspectives. Further, the present research documents naturally occurring interpersonal patterns of individuals with SAD and identifies conditions under which these individuals may view social interactions as opportunities for interpersonal connectedness.

Understanding heterogeneity in borderline personality disorder: Differences in affective reactivity explained by the traits of dependency and self-criticism.

“…A sizable body of evidence has found tbat persotiality factors not only increase affective reactivity, but contribute to the negative interpersonal interactions to which vulnerable individuals are more reactive (e.g., Liu & Alloy, 2010). For instance, evidence suggests tbat patients with BPD tend to be less dominant, more submissive, and more quarrelsome relative to community comparisons in their interactions with others (Russell et al, 2011). These interpersonal behaviors on the part of patients with BPD may result in the interaction partner responding in a dominant, quarrelsome manner, which in tum results in increased perceptions of event-level inferiority or emotional insecurity in individuals with BPD.…”

“…While the intensive nature of this study necessitated brief measurements, and these items have been used in prior research and show convergent validity (Russell et al, 2011;Zuroff et al, 2007), more extensive assessment of participants' perceptions would be ideal.…”

Exploring how social networking sites impact youth with anxiety: A qualitative study of Facebook stressors among adolescents with an anxiety disorder diagnosis

“…Focus groups are effective when participants can draw upon the experiences shared by others, so only having two individuals in a group may have limited the group discussion. Individuals with anxiety generally want to please others and have a tendency towards being agreeable, thereby it is possible that some participants refrained from contributing opinions that contradicted those made by other participants to please the focus group moderator (Russell et al, 2011). Thus, our results may be biased towards the opinions of some of the participants.…”

Does Worrying Mean Caring Too Much? Interpersonal Prototypicality of Dimensional Worry Controlling for Social Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms

“…Social anxiety is theorized to facilitate submissive behavior to reduce the risk of rejection by dominant others (Trower & Gilbert, 1989;Weisman, Aderka, Marom, Hermesh, & Gilboa-Schechtman, 2011). Avoiding eye contact to prevent criticism (Voncken, Alden, & Bögels, 2006), viewing oneself as below others in rank (Hope, Sigler, Penn, & Meier, 1998), and submissive behavior (Russell et al, 2011) each correlate with social anxiety. Whereas generic anxiety was interpersonally nonspecific in SSM analyses , social anxiety may have prototypically submissive features.…”