TY - JOUR
T1 - Girls' and mothers' social anxiety, social skills, and loneliness
T2 - Associations after accounting for depressive symptoms
AU - Stednitz, Jayme N.
AU - Epkins, Catherine C.
N1 - Funding Information:
This article reports on a reanalysis of dissertation data collected by Jayme Stednitz under the supervision of Catherine Epkins. This research was supported in part by a Texas Tech University Graduate School Dissertation Award.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - This study examined, in 102 mother-daughter dyads, whether (a) girls' social skills and loneliness are related to girls ' social anxiety, after adjusting for girls ' depressive symptoms, and (b) mothers'social functioning (social anxiety, social skills, and loneliness) is related to girls ' social anxiety, after accounting for girls ' social functioning (social skills and loneliness) and mothers ' and girls ' depressive symptoms. After accounting for girls ' depression, girls ' loneliness (and not social skills) was related to girls ' self-reported social anxiety and girls ' social skills (and not loneliness) were related to mothers ' reports of girls ' social anxiety. Mothers ' social functioning accounted for significant variance in girls ' social anxiety, beyond that accounted for by girls ' social functioning and mothers ' and girls ' depression. Mothers ' loneliness and fear of negative evaluation showed significant relations to girls ' social anxiety when variance attributable to other variables was partialed out, whereas mothers ' social skills and social avoidance and distress did not. Directions for future research on social anxiety are highlighted.
AB - This study examined, in 102 mother-daughter dyads, whether (a) girls' social skills and loneliness are related to girls ' social anxiety, after adjusting for girls ' depressive symptoms, and (b) mothers'social functioning (social anxiety, social skills, and loneliness) is related to girls ' social anxiety, after accounting for girls ' social functioning (social skills and loneliness) and mothers ' and girls ' depressive symptoms. After accounting for girls ' depression, girls ' loneliness (and not social skills) was related to girls ' self-reported social anxiety and girls ' social skills (and not loneliness) were related to mothers ' reports of girls ' social anxiety. Mothers ' social functioning accounted for significant variance in girls ' social anxiety, beyond that accounted for by girls ' social functioning and mothers ' and girls ' depression. Mothers ' loneliness and fear of negative evaluation showed significant relations to girls ' social anxiety when variance attributable to other variables was partialed out, whereas mothers ' social skills and social avoidance and distress did not. Directions for future research on social anxiety are highlighted.
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U2 - 10.1207/s15374424jccp3501_13
DO - 10.1207/s15374424jccp3501_13
M3 - Article
C2 - 16390310
AN - SCOPUS:32344451278
SN - 1537-4416
VL - 35
SP - 148
EP - 154
JO - Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
JF - Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
IS - 1
ER -