Hygiene and Preventive Medicine
Behavioral inhibition system and social anxiety among college students: multiple mediating effect of mindfulness and negative cognitive bias
Dai Bibing, Luo Ronglei, Hou Xiaowen, Lin Yan
Published 2023-07-20
Cite as Chin J Behav Med & Brain Sci, 2023, 32(7): 612-616. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn371468-20220921-00562
Abstract
ObjectiveTo explore the role of mindfulness and negative cognitive bias between behavioral inhibition system and social anxiety among college students.
MethodsFrom October 12th to November 8th of 2012, a total of 747 college students from a university in Tianjin were sampled and assessed using the behavioral inhibition system scale (BIS), the mindful attention awareness scale (MAAS), the negative cognitive processing bias questionnaire (NCPBQ), and the social avoidance and distress scale (SAD). Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and tests for mediating effects were performed by SPSS 20.0 and Mplus 8.0.
ResultsThe scores of behavioral inhibition system, social anxiety, mindfulness and negative cognitive bias were (15.3±2.4), (12.7±7.2), (3.4±0.8) and (45.6±11.5), respectively. The scores of BIS, NCPBQ, and SAD were positively correlated with each other (r=0.27-0.49, all P<0.001). The scores of MAAS were negatively correlated with the scores of BIS, NCBPQ, and SAD (r=-0.33--0.28, all P<0.001). The behavioral inhibition system exerted its influence on social anxiety through three pathways. The mediating effect size of mindfulness was 0.04, accounting for 16.0% of the total effect. The mediating effect size of negative cognitive bias was 0.17, accounting for 68.0% of the total effect. And the chain mediating effect size of mindfulness and negative cognitive bias was 0.04, accounting for 16.0% of the total effect.
ConclusionThe effects of behavioral inhibition system on social anxiety in college students are individually mediated by mindfulness and negative cognitive biases, as well as their chain mediating effects.
Key words:
Behavioral inhibition system; Social anxiety; Mindfulness; Negative cognitive bias; College students
Contributor Information
Dai Bibing
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
Luo Ronglei
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
Hou Xiaowen
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
Lin Yan
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
