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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 35-40 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Personality and Individual Differences |
Volume | 64 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2014 |
Keywords
- Age differences
- Cross-cultural differences
- SAQ-A30
- Sex differences
- Social anxiety
- Social phobia