Social anxiety and alcohol consumption: The role of social context

Caumiant, Eddie P.; Fairbairn, Catharine E.; Bresin, Konrad; Rosen, I. G.; Luczak, Susan E.; Kang, Dahyeon

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107672

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“…The use of substances. such as alcohol or opioids, to alleviate the anxiety experienced in social situations has been extensively studied in clinical samples of SAD [82][83][84]; in parallel, the risk of substance abuse has been reported to be double in the ASD population compared to non-clinical populations [85]. Studies suggest these two primary reasons for the misuse of alcohol or illicit substances in individuals with ASD: to fit in with their peers [86] and to self-medicate [87].…”

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Implications of Social Anxiety Symptoms in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Is There a Predictive Role of Interpersonal Sensitivity and Substance Abuse?

Carpita,

Cremone,

Nardi

et al. 2023

Brain Sciences

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Social anxiety disorder (SAD) has been frequently reported by subjects with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). However, interestingly, the overlap between social anxiety and autistic traits may sometimes impede ASD diagnosis in subjects without intellectual or language impairment. The aim of the present work was to evaluate the presence and correlates of social phobic features among subjects with ASD, with a specific focus on evaluating which social anxiety symptoms may be statistically predictive of an ASD diagnosis. With this purpose, 48 subjects with ASD and 48 gender- and age- matched healthy controls (HCs) were recruited and assessed with the SHY-SV and the AdAS Spectrum questionnaires. Results highlighted higher scores in all SHY-SV Spectrum domains and total scores for the ASD group. Moreover, AdAS Spectrum scores were significantly correlated with all SHY-SV domain and total scores. A logistic regression analysis highlighted the SHY-SV Interpersonal sensitivity and Substance Abuse domains scores as significant positive predictors of an ASD diagnosis. These results confirm the link between ASD and SAD. Because of this association, particular attention should be paid to subjects with high interpersonal sensitivity traits and substance abuse problems.

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Implications of Social Anxiety Symptoms in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Is There a Predictive Role of Interpersonal Sensitivity and Substance Abuse?

Carpita,

Cremone,

Nardi

et al. 2023

Brain Sciences

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“…Therefore, fear of negative evaluation and social interaction anxiety are two strongly correlated constructs and they have many maladaptive outcomes: depression ( Wang et al, 2012 ; Kim and Duval, 2022 ), poor academic adjustment ( Archbell and Coplan, 2022 ) alcohol-related problems and alexithymia ( Lyvers et al, 2018 ; Kumar et al, 2022 ; Caumiant et al, 2023 ), interpersonal relationships problems ( Tonge et al, 2020 ; Alexandru, 2022 ) isolation and social avoidance ( Lee et al, 2022 ; Lyngdoh et al, 2022 ; Chen et al, 2023 ). Recently, increasingly extensive use of social media, connectivity, and high digital visibility are associated with high levels of social anxiety ( Lee-Won et al, 2015 ; Carruthers et al, 2019 ; Rad et al, 2019 , 2020 ).…”

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The role of personality traits in mediating the relation between fear of negative evaluation and social interaction anxiety

Macovei,

Bumbuc,

Martinescu-Bădălan

2023

Front. Psychol.

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IntroductionSocial interaction anxiety and fear of negative evaluation have many maladaptive outcomes and, in order to counteract their effects, it is essential to identify those psychological or social factors that make people vulnerable to them. One of these factors is the individual’s personality structure: some personality traits increase the individuals’ vulnerability to symptoms of social anxiety, while others protect them.MethodsThe aim of this paper is to analyse the role of HEXACO personality traits in mediating the relationship between fear of negative evaluation and social anxiety, in a sample of 352 cadets from the Land Forces Academy of Sibiu. The relationships between these concepts were analysed using structural equation modeling (SEM) in several hypothetical models, two of which were ultimately validated.ResultsIn the first model, the fear of negative evaluation has an indirect effect on social interaction anxiety through the mediation of extraversion, conscientiousness, and altruism, separately. Furthermore, extraversion, conscientiousness, and altruism play a serial mediating role in the association between the fear of negative evaluation and social interaction anxiety. In the second model, the fear of negative evaluation has an indirect effect on social interaction anxiety through the mediation of social boldness, liveliness, and organization, separately, but not through altruism. Social boldness, liveliness, and organization played a serial mediating role in the relationship between the two constructs, while altruism moderated the relationship between liveliness, organization, and social interaction anxiety.DiscussionAnalysing the relationship between the individuals’ personality traits, social anxiety, and fear of negative evaluation facilitated the identification of ways to cultivate desirable behaviours in social environments typified by compliance, discipline, uniformity, and rigor.

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Novel methods in addiction treatment: Advances in telehealth, neuromodulation, and mobile interventions for substance use disorder

Ruhlmann,

Fairbairn,

Flanagan

2023

Psychology of Learning and Motivation

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Social anxiety and alcohol consumption: The role of social context

Cited by 5 publications

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Implications of Social Anxiety Symptoms in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Is There a Predictive Role of Interpersonal Sensitivity and Substance Abuse?

Implications of Social Anxiety Symptoms in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Is There a Predictive Role of Interpersonal Sensitivity and Substance Abuse?

The role of personality traits in mediating the relation between fear of negative evaluation and social interaction anxiety

Novel methods in addiction treatment: Advances in telehealth, neuromodulation, and mobile interventions for substance use disorder

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