The Relationship between Social Anxiety Disorder and Childhood Trauma through the Mediating of Repetitive Negative Thinking

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

2 PhD, Assistant Professor, Postdoc in Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

3 Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences.Tabriz University.

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between social anxiety disorder and childhood trauma through the mediating of repetitive negative thinking.
Method: The design of the current research is descriptive and correlational. For this purpose, 300 female students in the 10th, 11th and 12th grades of Tabriz city were selected by multistage cluster random sampling method. In this study Social Anxiety Disorder scale(1998), Childhood Trauma Questionnaire(1998), Ehring perseverative Thinking Questionnaire (2010) were used to measure the studied variables.The path analysis method was used to analyze the data.
Results: The results showed that there is a significant direct and positive relationship between childhood trauma with repetitive negative thinking and repetitive negative thinking with social anxiety. The most important finding indicated the significance of the mediating role of repetitive negative thinking in the relationship between childhood truama and social anxiety disorder. According to the findings, the proposed model fits the data and is approved.
Conclusion: Based on the finding, it can be concluded that childhood trauma and repetitive negative thinking play an effective role in the risk of social anxiety disorder. Paying attention to these results can be effective in formulating preventive and therapeutic interventions for social anxiety disorder.

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  • Receive Date: 15 February 2024
  • Revise Date: 15 July 2024
  • Accept Date: 20 July 2024

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