Resumen
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.
| Idioma original | Inglés |
|---|---|
| Páginas (desde-hasta) | 35-40 |
| Número de páginas | 6 |
| Publicación | Personality and Individual Differences |
| Volumen | 64 |
| DOI | |
| Estado | Publicada - jul. 2014 |