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Clarifying the Longitudinal Relations Between Social Anxiety and Depression: Interpersonal Difficulties as an Explanatory Mediator

Cooper, Danielle Marissa
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1557350417344734

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2019, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ohio University, Clinical Psychology (Arts and Sciences).
Social anxiety and depressive symptoms are highly comorbid, with the majority of research suggesting social anxiety precedes the development of depression. Although social impairment has long been associated with internalizing symptoms, limited research has examined whether specific interpersonal problems may explain the relationship between social anxiety and depressive symptoms. The purpose of the present longitudinal study was to confirm temporal precedence of social anxiety to later depressive symptoms and examine whether specific interpersonal problems mediated the relationship between social anxiety and depressive symptoms. Participants included 390 community adults recruited on Mturk that completed self-report measures of social anxiety (Social Interaction Anxiety Scale- 6), depressive symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire-9), and interpersonal problems (Inventory of Interpersonal Problems- Short Form) at baseline, month 3, and month 6. In line with expectations, time 1 (T1) social anxiety significantly predicted time 3 (T3) depression controlling for T1 depression, whereas T1 depression did not significantly predict T3 social anxiety controlling for T1 social anxiety. In contrast to hypotheses, no T2 interpersonal problems mediated the impact of T1 social anxiety symptoms on T3 depressive symptoms. However, intrusive interpersonal problems mediated the relationship between T1 depressive symptoms and T3 social anxiety symptoms. Findings provide additional evidence linking interpersonal problems to both social anxiety and depressive symptoms and suggest intrusive interpersonal problems may serve as a mechanism to help explain the social anxiety-depression association.
Nicholas Allan, PhD (Advisor)
Timothy Anderson, PhD (Committee Member)
Ryan Shorey, PhD (Committee Member)
Brett Peters, PhD (Committee Member)
Joseph Bianco, PhD (Committee Member)
85 p.
Clinical Psychology
Social anxiety; depression; interpersonal problems

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  • Cooper, D. M. (2019). Clarifying the Longitudinal Relations Between Social Anxiety and Depression: Interpersonal Difficulties as an Explanatory Mediator [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1557350417344734

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Cooper, Danielle. Clarifying the Longitudinal Relations Between Social Anxiety and Depression: Interpersonal Difficulties as an Explanatory Mediator . 2019. Ohio University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1557350417344734.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Cooper, Danielle. "Clarifying the Longitudinal Relations Between Social Anxiety and Depression: Interpersonal Difficulties as an Explanatory Mediator ." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1557350417344734

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