Evaluating Links between Social Withdrawal Motivations and Indices of Psychosocial Adjustment among Norwegian Emerging Adults.

Autor: Braathu N; Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Oslo, Norway., Bølstad E; Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway., Bowker JC; Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA., Coplan RJ; Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Journal of genetic psychology [J Genet Psychol] 2022 Nov-Dec; Vol. 183 (6), pp. 549-563. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jun 30.
DOI: 10.1080/00221325.2022.2094210
Abstrakt: Social withdrawal is the behavioral tendency to remove oneself from social situations - a tendency that often contributes to reductions in individuals' mental health. The current study evaluated the links between different motivations for social withdrawal (shyness, unsociability, social avoidance) and indices of psychosocial adjustment in a Norwegian sample of emerging adults. Participants were N =  194 Norwegian university students who completed self-report measures of life satisfaction, loneliness, and depressive symptoms, as well as withdrawal motivations. Among the results, a newly translated version of the Social Preference Scale-Revised (SPS-R) was validated for use in Norway. Findings showed that shyness was uniquely and positively associated with loneliness and depressive symptoms, as well as lower life satisfaction, whereas social avoidance was positively associated with depressive symptoms. Unsociability was uniquely linked to lower levels of loneliness and depressive symptoms. Findings provide novel information about the psychosocial correlates of social withdrawal motivations during emerging adulthood in the under-explored cultural context of Norway. Understanding nuances in the correlates of different motivations may aid in the development of culturally and developmentally sensitive interventions.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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