Nepon, Flett, Hewitt, and Molnar (2011) studied the relationship between perfectionism, negative social feedback, interpersonal rumination, depression, and anxiety. Participants were taken from an undergraduate university and given a variety of measures to assess each variable. The authors were able to collect data that supported their hypotheses. They predicted that socially prescribed perfectionism would be positively correlated with interpersonal rumination, and this was true in the study (p < .05). In addition, a significant relationship was found between non-display of imperfection and anxiety (p < .01). This means that when participants did not want others to know about their imperfections and subsequently tried to hide them, their anxiety
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examined social appearance anxiety, fear of negative evaluation, and perfectionism related to social anxiety disorder (SAD) and eating disorders. They found social appearance anxiety was a risk factor in both SAD and eating disorders above all other characteristics such as fear of negative evaluation, maladaptive perfectionism, and depression. The fact that social appearance anxiety is uniquely related to SAD and eating disorders may explain the why the two are highly comorbid (Levinson et al., 2013).
In addition to the most notable findings of Levinson et al. (2013), high scores on the fear of negative evaluation scale were only associated with social anxiety, and maladaptive perfectionism was only correlated with eating disorders. Interestingly enough, participants who had higher standards had less social anxiety. This shows having a fear of negative evaluation contributes to social anxiety symptoms, but does not have any relationship with symptoms of eating disorders (Levinson et al., …show more content…
Findings suggested while self-esteem had an influence on compulsive social media use (p< .05), interaction anxiousness was also a significant factor (p< .01), influencing excessive social media use (Aladwani & Almarzouq, 2016). These results suggest individuals with low self-esteem and high interaction anxiousness might find social networking sites an accessible means through which they can overcome many negative emotions and unconstructive feelings they experienced in social situations (Aladwani & Almarzouq, 2016). Moreover, after carefully evaluating data obtained from their own research, Andreassen et al. (2012), further supported the previous study outcomes and suggested anxious and shy individuals are more likely to use social media to interact with others rather than face-to-face because it allows more time for planning and control over self-presentation (Andreassen et al., 2012). The researchers concluded neuroticism and extraversion are positively related to high scores in the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (Andreassen et al.,
examined social appearance anxiety, fear of negative evaluation, and perfectionism related to social anxiety disorder (SAD) and eating disorders. They found social appearance anxiety was a risk factor in both SAD and eating disorders above all other characteristics such as fear of negative evaluation, maladaptive perfectionism, and depression. The fact that social appearance anxiety is uniquely related to SAD and eating disorders may explain the why the two are highly comorbid (Levinson et al., 2013).
In addition to the most notable findings of Levinson et al. (2013), high scores on the fear of negative evaluation scale were only associated with social anxiety, and maladaptive perfectionism was only correlated with eating disorders. Interestingly enough, participants who had higher standards had less social anxiety. This shows having a fear of negative evaluation contributes to social anxiety symptoms, but does not have any relationship with symptoms of eating disorders (Levinson et al., …show more content…
Findings suggested while self-esteem had an influence on compulsive social media use (p< .05), interaction anxiousness was also a significant factor (p< .01), influencing excessive social media use (Aladwani & Almarzouq, 2016). These results suggest individuals with low self-esteem and high interaction anxiousness might find social networking sites an accessible means through which they can overcome many negative emotions and unconstructive feelings they experienced in social situations (Aladwani & Almarzouq, 2016). Moreover, after carefully evaluating data obtained from their own research, Andreassen et al. (2012), further supported the previous study outcomes and suggested anxious and shy individuals are more likely to use social media to interact with others rather than face-to-face because it allows more time for planning and control over self-presentation (Andreassen et al., 2012). The researchers concluded neuroticism and extraversion are positively related to high scores in the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (Andreassen et al.,