The Relationship between Parenting Styles and Social Anxiety Symptoms with the Mediating Role of Fear of Negative Evaluation

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between parenting styles and social anxiety symptoms with the mediation of negative self-evaluation. Methods: The study population included the students of the University of Tehran and the Islamic Azad University of South Tehran in ۲۰۱۹-۲۰. A total of ۳۰۶ were selected by convenience sampling method, who responded to the questionnaires. The research tools were the Social Phobia Inventory (Connor et al., ۲۰۰۰), the Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ) (Buri, ۱۹۹۱), and the questionnaire of negative consequences of social events (Wilson and Rapi, ۲۰۰۵). Pearson's correlation test indicated a significant negative relationship between authoritative parenting and social anxiety and a significant positive relationship between permissive and authoritarian parenting styles, as well as negative self-evaluation and social anxiety. Results: The results of the path analysis test revealed that negative self-evaluation has a significant indirect effect (mediating role) on the relationship between parenting styles and social anxiety. Conclusion: These results can be used to explain the psychopathology of social anxiety symptoms. In addition, self-evaluation and empowering parents to apply appropriate parenting styles can reduce disorders such as social anxiety.

Keywords:

social anxiety , Parenting styles , Negative self-evaluation