SHAME-RELATED SOCIAL ANXIETY - REPLICATING A LINK WITH VARIOUS SOCIAL-INTERACTION MEASURES

In the present study, 182 young adults (131 men, 51 men: M age=20.2) c ompleted self-report measures of shame and social avoidance/distress, anxiety, desirability, and negative social evaluation. Results support ed Lewis (1985) in that shame-proneness was related to social avoidanc e/distress, interaction anxiety, and fear of negative social evaluatio n (even when controlling for social desirability). Social distress/avo idance and interaction anxiety also were significant predictors of sha me-proneness. Results suggested that attention to social anxiety may b e valuable in the treatment of shame-prone individuals.