Gender Role Traits Among Individuals with Social Anxiety Disorder.
Gender Role Traits Among Individuals with Social Anxiety Disorder.
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社交焦虑症患者的性别角色特征。
DOI：
10.1016/j.paid.2011.07.030
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发表时间：
2011
影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
Heimberg,RichardG
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作者：
Roberts,KarenE;Hart,TrevorA;Coroiu,Adina;Heimberg,RichardG
The present study investigated differences between individuals with and without social anxiety disorder (SAD) in instrumentality and expressiveness, personality traits traditionally linked to the male and female gender roles, respectively. Based on evolutionary and self-discrepancy theories, it was hypothesized that individuals with SAD would score lower on instrumentality and report a discrepancy between their perceived and ideal level of instrumentality compared to control participants. Sixty-four patients with SAD and 31 non-anxious control participants completed a battery of questionnaires, including ratings of their perceived and ideal gender role attributes and current psychosocial distress. Results supported the hypotheses, and provided initial evidence that a discrepancy between perceived and ideal instrumentality may be linked to social anxiety severity, depression and lower quality of life. No differences were detected between groups in expressiveness. The present findings suggest that individuals with SAD perceive themselves to be deficient in instrumentality. They also suggest that increasing instrumentality among individuals with SAD may be beneficial for treatment.
