Presentor: Sing-Yu Betty Hu

Instructor ： Dr. Pi-Ying Teresa Hsu

Date:April 13, 2010

Cultural mediators of self-reported social anxiety

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Hong, J. J. , & Woody, S. R. (2007). Cultural mediators of self-reported social anxiety. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 1779–1789.

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Introduction

Reflection

Methodology

Result

Conclusion

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Introduction

Social anxiety encompasses feelings of uneasiness and apprehension that arise when an individual interacts with or performs in front of other.

East Asians generally endorse greater social anxiety than do Westerners.

(Norasakkunkit & Kalick, 2002;Okazaki, 2000)

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Background

Western East Asia Individualistic

cultures

independent self- construal

Identity consistency

Collectivistic cultures

interdependent self- construal

self-criticism

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self-construal

self-criticism

identity consistency

ethnic group

social anxiety

Purposes of the study

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Euro-CanadianKorean

251 were contacted

a non-profit organizationa Korean community centerKorean churches

a Exchange program

non-profit social service programs

a public university

a community college

a private school

254 were contacted

Age: 34.6 Age: 35.2

Methodology

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Euro-CanadianKorean

Age: 34.6 Age: 35.2

Methodology

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Instrument

self-construal self-criticism

identity consistency

Korean

Euro-Canadian

Social anxiety

Singelis Self-Construal Scale

McGill Self-Criticism Scale

Identity Consistency Index

Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory

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QuestionnairesQuestionnaires itemsitems Cronbach’s aCronbach’s a(Euro-C./ Koreans)(Euro-C./ Koreans) ResourceResource

12-item 0.65 / 0.76 (Singelis, 1994)

30-item

20 traits

0.97 / 0.97

inappropriate

0.80 / 0.72

(ICI; Suh, 2002)

(SPAI; Turner, Beidel, Dancu, & Stanley, 1989)

32-item

Singelis Self-Construal Scale

McGill Self-Criticism Scale

Identity Consistency Index

Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory

(DEQ; Blatt, d’Afflitti, & Quinlan,

1976)

Instrument

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QuestionnairesQuestionnaires ExampleExample

‘‘I will sacrifice my self-interest for the benefit of the group I am in’’

‘‘I have a difficult time accepting weaknesses in myself.’’

emotional, modest, cold, friendly, cooperative, impatient, rational, and outgoing

‘‘I feel anxious when I am in a social situation and I become the centre of attention.’’

Singelis Self-Construal Scale

McGill Self-Criticism Scale

Identity Consistency Index

Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory

Instrument

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Result

Table 1

-to test whether the predictor is significantly associated with the dependent variable.1

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Result

-to test whether the predictor is significantly associated with the hypothesized mediator32

Table 2

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- presents the results for all steps of the mediation mode33Table 3

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Conclusion

Culturally variant views of the social self, including relative independence and interdependence, self-criticism, and identity consistency account for the observed ethnic difference in social anxiety.

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Sufficient literature 1

The selection of participants

1Well structured paper

Reflection

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Thanks for your attention!