Factors impacting the experience of empathic distress in social anxiety
A path analysis approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21355168 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ana Cosmoiu (0000-0002-4119-3019, University of Bucharest, corresponding author), Cătălin Nedelcea (0000-0001-5951-1401, University of Bucharest) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 162 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 57-70 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4545 • E-ISSN: 1940-1183 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00224545.2021.2003284 |
| PMID | 34913406 |
| OpenAlex | W4200281840 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 65 |
Personal distress is a manifestation of empathy characterized by a tendency to respond to others' difficulties by increasing one's distress. Previous work on socially anxious individuals has shown mixed results, consistent with a model of social anxiety symptomatology characterized by increased personal distress in empathy eliciting situations, which is driven by emotional dysregulation. The current study aimed to test a serial mediation model to uncover the role of emotional dysregulation in the relationship between social anxiety and empathic distress. 330 young adults were included in the sample. Social anxiety symptomatology, difficulty identifying one's feelings, expressive suppression, and empathic distress were analyzed through Structural Equation Modeling. Measurement and structural models were supported by data, with social anxiety exhibiting direct and indirect effects on empathic distress. Results also suggest that expressive suppression exhibits a negative effect on the distress exhibited in empathy eliciting situations, which brings forth relevant theoretical and clinical implications
Anxiety · Developmental psychology · Distress · Empathic concern · Empathy · Feeling · Mediation · Path analysis (statistics) · Personal distress · Perspective-taking · Psychiatry · Social anxiety · Structural equation modeling · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Mental Health Research Topics · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |