Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore the directions of interpersonal anxiety research in young adulthood, based on earlier empirical work as well as clinical knowledge gained since 1980. Two hundred and eight college students answered "The Inventory of Negative Self-awareness in Interpersonal Relationships" and "Sense of Self-threatening Anxiety Scale," which respectively measured neurotic and borderline-level interpersonal anxiety. In factor analysis, no new interpersonal-anxiety factor for young adults emerged that encompassed the domains of the two scales, which apparently measured different aspects of interpersonal anxiety. Two research directions were suggested: (1) an investigation of its structure, based on broadly-defined interpersonal anxiety, including neurotic as well as borderline level anxiety. Combining projective tests and questionnaires may facilitate such research. (2) another that limits interpersonal anxiety to that in the form of projection onto an outer object, and then attempts to explicate its structure.
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