Differences in social anxiety between men and women across 18 countries

Vicente E. Caballo, Isabel C. Salazar, María Jesús Irurtia, Benito Arias, Stefan G. Hofmann, E. Barinaga, G. Bustamante, M. Correche, G. del Valle, L. Gómez, A. Grichener, M. Lipovetzky, L. Mariñelarena, M. Rivarola, P. Robles, S. Savoini, M. Tapia, D. Pinelo, B. Donato, R. LopesL. Lourenço, C. Neufeld, M. Oliveira, M. Wagner, P. álvarez, C. Guerra, S. Villanueva, C. Soto, M. Viveros, M. Arias, L. Ariza, D. Barreto, C. Benavides, G. Cajiao, C. Carmona, F. Coconubo, ó David, P. Díaz, N. Estupiñán, V. Gómez, M. Lemos, R. Mazo, A. Meneses, M. Ortega, S. Ramírez, L. Rocha, M. Varela, D. Villa-Roel, H. Cabezas, P. Beato, L. Blanco, Y. Ramírez, ó Olmedo, M. O. Olmedo, A. Zúñiga, G. Aguilar, A. Musso, R. Ardón, S. Anguiano, M. Ascencio, P. Balcázar, M. Bonilla, á Camarena, I. Carrillo, R. del Pino, E. Erosa, G. García, M. García, C. González, M. González, G. Gurrola, D. Hernández, S. Hernández, M. Karam, R. Landero, M. Lomelí, J. Olvera, F. Páez, C. Reyes, M. Ríos, R. Robles, A. Tapia, J. Tejero, P. Vázquez, M. Villaseñor, C. Bettina, A. Caballero, R. Estigarribia, M. Silva, V. Barreda, L. Benites, L. Dueñas, A. Galli, M. Grijalva, R. Guzmán, J. Marchena, C. Merino, M. Salazar, C. Segura, G. Verme, R. Barroso, F. Cardoso, P. Carvalho, M. Loureiro, E. Ribeiro, S. Fernández, N. Ortiz, J. Pons, E. Rosario, A. Santos, K. Suárez, C. Antona, P. Barbado, P. Bas, J. Delgado, M. Fernández, A. Goñi, V. Guillén, S. Lago, C. Loureiro, M. Muñoz, C. Rausell, S. Torrecillas, A. Conde, R. García, M. Golberg, M. Lagos, L. Moreira, A. Nassar, M. Reich, L. Scafarelli, L. Feldman, Z. Lugli, J. Pellicer, E. Vivas

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Abstract

Sex differences between men and women in social anxiety are largely unexplored. This study sought to shed some light on this topic. We administered self-report measures of social anxiety to community samples of 17,672 women and 13,440 men from 16 Latin American countries, Spain and Portugal, as well as to a clinical sample of 601 patients diagnosed with social anxiety disorder. Small but significant differences were found between men and women in the general degree of social anxiety and self-reported fears of interactions with the opposite sex, criticism and embarrassment, and speaking in public-talking to people in authority. These results point to small, but meaningful differences between men and women in social anxiety. Implications of these results for the self-report measurement of social anxiety in men and women are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)35-40
Number of pages6
JournalPersonality and Individual Differences
Volume64
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2014

Keywords

  • Age differences
  • Cross-cultural differences
  • SAQ-A30
  • Sex differences
  • Social anxiety
  • Social phobia

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