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Neuroticism and perfectionism as predictors of social anxiety

dc.contributor.authorNewby, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorPitura, Victoria
dc.contributor.authorPenney, Alexander
dc.contributor.authorKlein, Rupert
dc.contributor.authorFlett, Gordon
dc.contributor.authorHewitt, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-24
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-31T00:59:40Z
dc.date.available2022-05-31T00:59:40Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractPrior research has demonstrated relationships between neuroticism, perfectionism, and social anxiety. This study examined whether trait perfectionism (particularly socially prescribed perfectionism [SPP]) and perfectionistic self-presentation predicted social interaction and evaluation anxiety while controlling for neuroticism. It also explored which neuroticism facets uniquely predicted social anxiety. Participants (N = 271) completed self-report measures assessing: social anxiety, trait perfectionism, perfectionistic self-presentation, and neuroticism. Most notably, results showed that the self-consciousness, vulnerability, and impulsiveness facets of neuroticism uniquely predicted interaction anxiety. Conversely, the self-consciousness, vulnerability, and anxiety facets uniquely predicted evaluation anxiety. Furthermore, while controlling for neuroticism, both SPP and self-oriented perfectionism uniquely predicted evaluation anxiety. Alternatively, nondisplay and nondisclosure of imperfection (but not trait perfectionism) uniquely predicted interaction anxiety. Overall, these findings demonstrate that neuroticism facets and aspects of perfectionism differentially predict social interaction and evaluation anxiety.
dc.description.urihttps://library.macewan.ca/cgi-bin/SFX/url.pl/BIH
dc.identifier.citationNewby, J., Pitura, V. A., Penney, A. M., Klein, R. G., Flett, G. L., & Hewitt, P. L. (2017). Neuroticism and perfectionism as predictors of social anxiety. Personality and Individual Differences, 106, 263-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.10.057
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.10.057
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/1530
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectsocial anxiety
dc.subjecttrait perfectionism
dc.subjectsocially prescribed perfectionism
dc.subjectself-oriented perfectionism
dc.subjectperfectionistic self-presentation
dc.subjectneuroticism
dc.subjectfacets
dc.titleNeuroticism and perfectionism as predictors of social anxietyen
dc.typeArticle

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