Development of a Student Social Anxiety Model Based on Uncompromising Perfectionism and Experiential Avoidance with a Mediating Role of Difficulty in Emotion Regulation

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1 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

2 Department of Counseling, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran.

3 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran.

Abstract

The current research was conducted to formulate students' social anxiety models based on uncompromising perfectionism, experiential avoidance, and the mediating role of difficulty in emotion regulation. The method of descriptive-correlational research was structural equation modeling. The statistical population of the research included all high school students in Khorramabad city. 350 students were selected by random cluster sampling method, and social anxiety questionnaires (SPIN), perfectionism (PI), experience avoidance (AAQ), and difficulty in emotion regulation (DERS) were completed. SPSS22 software and Amos26 path analysis were used to analyze descriptive and correlational data. The results showed that the proposed model has a good fit, and the findings also showed that uncompromising perfectionism and experiential avoidance both directly and indirectly play a mediating role in regulating emotion and social anxiety in students. Is a transition. The results of the Bootstrap test confirmed the indirect role of difficulty in emotion regulation and the indirect effect of this psychological factor on students' social anxiety. Therefore, according to the results obtained from the research, it can be concluded that to control the level of social anxiety of students, necessary interventions and training should be done to regulate emotions, establish effective communication with other students, and increase self-awareness.

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Journal of Applied Psychological Research

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Available Online from 28 November 2024

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  • Receive Date: 24 April 2024
  • Revise Date: 25 June 2024
  • Accept Date: 20 July 2024
  • First Publish Date: 28 November 2024
  • Publish Date: 28 November 2024

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