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Influences of Childhood․Adolescence Traumatic Experiences in Social Situations on Social Anxiety among College Students: The Sequential Mediating Effects of Evaluative Concerns Perfectionism and Experiential Avoidance

Abstract

This study investigated whether evaluative concerns perfectionism and experiential avoidance would mediate the relationship between childhood․Adolescence traumatic experiences in social situation and social anxiety among college students. Participants were 279 college students. Study showed that evaluative concerns perfectionism and experiential avoidance sequentially mediate the relationship between childhood․Adolescence traumatic experiences in social situation and social anxiety. In other words, among people who experienced trauma in childhood․Adolescence on social situations, evaluative concerns perfectionism develops to avoid or escape from further trauma. This leads individuals to use experiential avoidance, an emotional coping strategy for social situations where they will be evaluated, which can eventually increase social anxiety.

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외상경험, 평가염려 완벽주의, 경험회피, 사회불안, traumatic experiences, evaluative concerns perfectionism, experiential avoidance, social anxiety

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