Social anxiety in the digital age: The measurement and sequelae of online safety-seeking
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Highlights：
• Socially anxious people are motivated to prevent others from evaluating them negatively.
• Examined how social anxiety manifests within the context of Internet-based communication.
• Developed a new questionnaire to assess safety seeking during online social interaction.
• Examined the factor structure and psychometric properties of the new measure.
• Socially anxious people are likely to select online communication tools that afford greater control over self-presentation.
摘要
•Socially anxious people are motivated to prevent others from evaluating them negatively.•Examined how social anxiety manifests within the context of Internet-based communication.•Developed a new questionnaire to assess safety seeking during online social interaction.•Examined the factor structure and psychometric properties of the new measure.•Socially anxious people are likely to select online communication tools that afford greater control over self-presentation.
论文关键词：Social anxiety,Safety behavior,Computer mediated communication,Affordances,Self-report measure,Psychometric
论文评审过程：Received 22 September 2017, Revised 2 August 2018, Accepted 12 August 2018, Available online 20 August 2018, Version of Record 23 August 2018.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.08.023
