The relationship between interdependent and independent self-construals and social anxiety symptom severity in a clinical sample of treatment-seeking patients.

ABSTRACT: Differences in cultural orientations, such as interdependent and independent self-construals, may influence social anxiety disorder (SAD) symptom presentations. However, prior research on the association between interdependent/independent self-construals and SAD was limited to non-clinical samples. Using a treatment-seeking population with clinical levels of anxiety, the current study extends prior research by examining whether the relationship between interdependent/independent self-construals and SAD is specific to SAD or indicative of a broader relationship with anxiety or depression more generally. We also expand upon prior work by examining the effect of self-construals on treatment outcomes and whether self-construals change over time. The results showed that endorsing a less indepen

SUBMITTER: Kaczkurkin AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10540138 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature