The Effect of Cyber-Ostracism on Social Anxiety Among Undergraduates: The Mediating Effects of Rejection Sensitivity and Rumination
In order to examine the relationship between cyber-ostracism and social anxiety among undergraduates, as well as to investigate the mechanisms underlying the effects of cyber-ostracism, rejection sensitivity, and rumination on social anxiety, this study recruited 864 undergraduate students from Jian...
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| description | In order to examine the relationship between cyber-ostracism and social anxiety among undergraduates, as well as to investigate the mechanisms underlying the effects of cyber-ostracism, rejection sensitivity, and rumination on social anxiety, this study recruited 864 undergraduate students from Jiangsu and Guangdong Provinces in China using a cluster sampling method. The participants completed the Cyber-Ostracism Questionnaire, the Chinese version of the Interaction Anxiousness Scale, the Chinese version of the Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire, and the Chinese version of the Ruminative Responses Scale. Furthermore, the mediating effects were examined using the structural equation modeling (SEM) method. The results showed that (1) cyber-ostracism was positively related to social anxiety among undergraduates, and (2) rejection sensitivity and rumination played a chain mediating role in the relationship between cyber-ostracism and social anxiety. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5c622cc8e20344e986ec33f91ef156c12025-01-24T13:22:41ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2025-01-011513710.3390/bs15010037The Effect of Cyber-Ostracism on Social Anxiety Among Undergraduates: The Mediating Effects of Rejection Sensitivity and RuminationChun Shi0Peizhen Sun1Jiaru Shi2Haosheng Ye3Junyan Tao4School of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, School of Education Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, School of Education Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, ChinaSchool of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, School of Education Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, ChinaIn order to examine the relationship between cyber-ostracism and social anxiety among undergraduates, as well as to investigate the mechanisms underlying the effects of cyber-ostracism, rejection sensitivity, and rumination on social anxiety, this study recruited 864 undergraduate students from Jiangsu and Guangdong Provinces in China using a cluster sampling method. The participants completed the Cyber-Ostracism Questionnaire, the Chinese version of the Interaction Anxiousness Scale, the Chinese version of the Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire, and the Chinese version of the Ruminative Responses Scale. Furthermore, the mediating effects were examined using the structural equation modeling (SEM) method. The results showed that (1) cyber-ostracism was positively related to social anxiety among undergraduates, and (2) rejection sensitivity and rumination played a chain mediating role in the relationship between cyber-ostracism and social anxiety.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15/1/37cyber-ostracismsocial anxietyrejection sensitivityrumination |
| spellingShingle | Chun Shi Peizhen Sun Jiaru Shi Haosheng Ye Junyan Tao The Effect of Cyber-Ostracism on Social Anxiety Among Undergraduates: The Mediating Effects of Rejection Sensitivity and Rumination Behavioral Sciences cyber-ostracism social anxiety rejection sensitivity rumination |
| title | The Effect of Cyber-Ostracism on Social Anxiety Among Undergraduates: The Mediating Effects of Rejection Sensitivity and Rumination |
| title_full | The Effect of Cyber-Ostracism on Social Anxiety Among Undergraduates: The Mediating Effects of Rejection Sensitivity and Rumination |
| title_fullStr | The Effect of Cyber-Ostracism on Social Anxiety Among Undergraduates: The Mediating Effects of Rejection Sensitivity and Rumination |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Effect of Cyber-Ostracism on Social Anxiety Among Undergraduates: The Mediating Effects of Rejection Sensitivity and Rumination |
| title_short | The Effect of Cyber-Ostracism on Social Anxiety Among Undergraduates: The Mediating Effects of Rejection Sensitivity and Rumination |
| title_sort | effect of cyber ostracism on social anxiety among undergraduates the mediating effects of rejection sensitivity and rumination |
| topic | cyber-ostracism social anxiety rejection sensitivity rumination |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15/1/37 |
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