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ABSTRACT
Because research has identified cognitive patterns in shy or socially anxious persons similar to those observed in depression, this study examined the relation of two measures of shyness with a measure of attributional style used in depression research. Seventy-six subjects took the Attributional Style Questionnaire (ASQ; Seligman, Abramson, Semmel, & Von Baeyer, 1979), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI; Beck, 1967), the Social Anxiety and Distress (SAD; Watson & Friend, 1969) scale, and the Fear of Negative Evaluation (FNE; Watson & Friend) scale. Correlations are presented for each of the latter three measures with the ASQ. Partial correlations are also reported with depression removed. Attributional patterns in shyness were found to overlap those reported for depressives. The pattern of correlations indicates that the measures of social anxiety (SAD or FNE) interact with type of situation (affiliation or achievement). A principle components analysis of the scores supported the validity of the SAD and FNE measures of social anxiety.
