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The relation between social anxiety and perceptions of physical appearance: Do peer relations matter?
Harris, Allison Renee
Harris, Allison Renee
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This study examined the relation between social anxiety and perceptions of physical appearance in a community sample of adolescent boys and girls. Also examined was the possibility that positive and negative aspects of friendship and peer victimization moderated this relation. Participants were 112 seventh- and eighth-grade adolescents who completed self-report measures of social anxiety, perceptions of physical appearance, validation within a mutual friendship, conflict within a mutual friendship, and peer victimization. Results indicate that social anxiety was significantly and uniquely related to perceived physical appearance, such that adolescents who scored higher on social anxiety reported poorer self perceptions of physical appearance. Friendship validation and caring, friendship conflict, and global peer victimization did not significantly moderate this relation. Findings are consistent with literature suggesting social anxiety is a risk factor for poor perceptions of body image during adolescence. Implications for the findings and directions for future research are discussed.
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2010-01-01
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University of Kansas
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Psychology, Clinical, adolescence, friendship quality, peer victimization, physical appearance, social anxiety