Mediating Role of Attentional Control in the Relationship between Irrational Beliefs and Social Anxiety

doi:10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2019.00.529

Abstract

Abstract: Background　Although many studies have confirmed the correlations between social anxiety，irrational beliefs，and attentional control，the study about whether attentional control can affect the relationship between irrational beliefs and social anxiety is rather scant.Objective　To explore the mediating role of attentional control in the relationship between irrational beliefs and social anxiety.Methods　In October 2016，1 611 college students were selected by stratified random cluster sampling.They received a paper survey with the Interaction Anxiousness Scale（IAS），Irrational Belief Scale（IBS）and Attentional Control Scale（ACS）.The structure equation model and Bootstrap were adopted to verify the mediating effect of attentional control in the relationship between irrational beliefs and social anxiety.Results　IAS score was positively correlated with the scores of three dimensions of IBS（r=0.112-0.349，P<0.001），but was negatively correlated with the scores of three dimensions of ACS（r=-0.376--0.288，P<0.001）.Structural equation modeling showed that attentional control played a partial mediation role between irrational beliefs and social anxiety（χ2/df=3.630，RMSEA=0.040，CFI=0.980，TLI=0.967，SRMR=0.030）.And Bootstrap indicated that the 95%CI of mediating effect of attentional control was（0.128，0.195），and the mediating effect accounted for about 36.6%.Conclusion　Attentional control partially mediates the relationship between irrational beliefs and social anxiety.So it may be used as an emotion regulation strategy to regulate the relationship between negative cognition and social anxiety，and may be used as a target in the future treatment of social anxiety disorder.

Key words: Mental health, Irrational beliefs, Social anxiety, Attentional control, Mediating effect, College students

摘要： 背景　虽然许多研究已经证实了社交焦虑与非理性信念、注意控制之间的相关关系，但关于注意控制是否会影响非理性信念与社交焦虑之间的关系的研究还相当缺乏。目的　探讨注意控制在非理性信念与社交焦虑之间的中介作用。方法　2016年10月，采用分层随机整群抽样方法选择1 611名大学生为研究对象，采用交往焦虑量表（IAS）、非理性信念量表（IBS）和注意控制量表（ACS）进行纸质问卷调查。采用结构方程模型和Bootstrap法验证注意控制在非理性信念与社交焦虑之间的中介作用。结果　IAS评分与IBS的3个维度评分呈正相关（r=0.112~0.349，P<0.001），与ACS的3个维度评分呈负相关（r=-0.376~-0.288，P<0.001）。结构方程模型显示注意控制在非理性信念与社交焦虑间起部分中介作用（χ2/df=3.630，RMSEA=0.040，CFI=0.980，TLI=0.967，SRMR=0.030）。Bootstrap结果表明，注意控制的中介效应 95%CI为（0.128，0.195），其中介效应贡献率约为36.6%。结论　注意控制在非理性信念和社交焦虑之间起部分中介作用，注意控制作为一种情绪调节策略可以调节消极认知与社交焦虑症状间的关系，在未来社交焦虑障碍治疗中可能作为治疗靶点。

关键词: 精神卫生, 非理性信念, 社交焦虑, 注意控制, 中介作用, 大学生

LI Ci,LI Tiantian,CAO Jianqin, et al. Mediating Role of Attentional Control in the Relationship between Irrational Beliefs and Social Anxiety　[J]. Chinese General Practice, 2019, 22(25): 3132-3137. DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2019.00.529.
李辞,李甜甜,曹建琴等. 注意控制在非理性信念与社交焦虑间的中介作用研究[J]. 中国全科医学, 2019, 22(25): 3132-3137. DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2019.00.529.

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