Cognitive traits in people with anthropophobic tendencies: A two-dimensional model of narcissistic personality comparing anthropophobic and social phobic symptoms

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate the relation between a 2-dimensional model of social phobic tendencies and narcissistic personality and cognitive features. Cognitive traits were measured using the dysfunctional belief in social phobia cognitive model developed by Clark & Wells (1995). Questionnaires including the TSNS-S (Two-dimensional Model of Social Phobic Tendency and Narcissistic Personality-Short version), perfectionism, self-affirmation, self-disgust, negative rumination, irrational beliefs, and self-reference were completed by 595 university undergraduates (302 women, 293 men; average age, 19 : 4 years). In Analysis 1, adjusted or maladjusted phases of 5 subtypes of the 2-dimensional model were demonstrated from various cognitive features. In Analysis 2, anthropophobic symptoms and social phobic symptoms were compared in detail.