Social Anxiety Disorder and Social Support Behavior in Friendships.

ABSTRACT: Relationship quality is a strong predictor of health outcomes, and individuals with social anxiety disorder (SAD) report increased interpersonal impairment. However, there are few studies testing the effect of SAD on friendships and it is thus unclear whether there are behavioral differences that distinguish friendships in which a target individual has SAD from friendships in which the target individual does not have SAD. We tested for differences in the provision and receipt of support behaviors as a function of having a SAD diagnosis and accounting for comorbid depressive symptoms. Participants with SAD (n = 90) and their friends engaged in support conversations that were coded using the Social Support Interaction Coding System. Structural equation modeling revealed some differences betw

SUBMITTER: Piccirillo ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8382156 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature