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Publication Date: 1987-Apr
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Social Avoidance and Distress, the CPI and Social Support.
Haemmerlie, Frances M.; And Others
Many people appear to suffer from social anxiety. To explore how socially anxious people function in a number of domains, Watson and Friend's (1969) Social Avoidance and Distress Scale (SAD) was administered to 101 undergraduate students. Subjects also completed the California Personality Inventory (CPI) and the Psychosocial Support Inventory (PSI). Seventy-eight subjects also provided height and weight data about themselves and rated themselves on perceived attractiveness and perceived weight status. The data were analyzed using an 83 x 83 matrix that included scores on the SAD, the 18 CPI measures, and 48 PSI categories; biographical data; and available height, weight, and attractiveness data. An analysis was also done using only the information from the top 25 and the bottom 25 SAD scorers. Of these 50 subjects, 38 had provided height, weight, and attractiveness information. The results revealed that SAD scores were significantly correlated in a negative direction with 13 of the 18 CPI scales. Evidence for social support showed that people with high SAD scores also had poor support networks. SAD scores were also correlated with perceptions of being overweight. These findings support previous research suggesting that socially anxious persons have deficits in a variety of personal and interpersonal domains. (NB)
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Language: English
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