The Relationship between Child Psychological Abuse and College Students’ Social Anxiety: The Mediating Effect of Coping Styles

Abstract

To explore the mediating effect of coping styles in childhood psychological abuse and college students’ social anxiety, a total of 207 college students were selected as the research objects. The subjects were measured using the Child Psychological Abuse and Ignore Questionnaire, the Simple Coping Style Questionnaire, and the Leary Social Anxiety Scale. Results suggest: 1) Psychological abuse can directly predict social anxiety, and indirectly predict social anxiety through negative coping; 2) Negative coping style is the mediating variables of psychological abuse and social anxiety, in which the intermediary effect ratio is 30.17%. It suggests that coping style may play partial mediating effect on the relationship between psychological abuse and college students’ social anxiety.