Social anxiety and life satisfaction: A cross-sectional mediation model with repetitive negative thinking and ruminative responses

Maria Manuela Peixoto, Olga Cunha

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Social anxiety is an anxiety disorder with well-documented negative effects on life satisfaction, and rumination frequently occurs in social anxiety clinical presentation. Repetitive Negative Thinking (RNT) has been investigated in studies as a transdiagnostic feature that plays a role in a broad group of emotional disorders. These include rumination and other repetitive and persistent thoughts, both of which are negatively related to life satisfaction. The present study, therefore, sought to examine mean differences in RNT, ruminative responses, and life satisfaction between individuals with and without social anxiety symptoms and to explore the mediating role of RNT and ruminative responses in the predictive model of social anxiety on life satisfaction. A total of 431 Portuguese adults completed a web survey that included the Persistent and Intrusive Negative Thoughts Scale, the Ruminative Responses Questionnaire, the Social Phobia Scale, and the Satisfaction with Life Scale. The main findings showed that individuals with social anxiety symptoms also described higher levels of RNT and ruminative responses and lower life satisfaction. In addition, the mediation model revealed a significant model with RNT as a significant mediator between social anxiety and life satisfaction. In conclusion, this study highlights the role of transdiagnostic processes in the relationship between psychopathology and well-being by underlining RNT as a key feature in the predictive role of social anxiety on life satisfaction, over and above the role of ruminative responses.

Idioma originalInglês
Título da publicação do anfitriãoAdvances in Psychology Research
EditoraNova Science Publishers, Inc.
Páginas95-113
Número de páginas19
Volume150
ISBN (eletrónico)9798886977011
ISBN (impresso)9798886976427
Estado da publicaçãoPublicadas - 3 mar. 2023

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