Studyholism and Study Engagement in Adolescence : The Role of Social Anxiety and Interpretation Bias as Antecedents

Studyholism (or obsession toward study) is a new potential clinical condition that, in contrast with Study Engagement, is associated with negative outcomes. However, previous studies showed that both Studyholism and Study Engagement predict social impairment due to study. Therefore, we analyzed the role of social anxiety and interpretation bias as predictors of Studyholism and Study Engagement in 541 adolescents (Mage = 16.30 ± 1.59; 66% girls). We performed a path analysis model, MANOVAs, and Mann-Whitney tests. Among the main findings, social anxiety is a positive predictor of both Studyholism and Study Engagement. Hence, this provides further support to the conceptualization of Studyholism as an OCD-related disorder (or as an internalizing disorder) and suggests the need of screening socially anxious adolescents for the presence of Studyholism and engaged students for the presence of high social anxiety. Moreover, Studyholism is predicted by a negative interpretation style in non-social situations, while a positive interpretation style predicts Study Engagement in social and non-social situations. Hence, Studyholism and social anxiety are two different diagnoses, even if social anxiety might fuel Studyholism. Moreover, interventions to reduce Studyholism should decrease the tendency to interpret non-social situations negatively or neutrally.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

International journal of environmental research and public health - 19(2022), 9 vom: 26. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Loscalzo, Yura [VerfasserIn]
Giannini, Marco [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Interpretation bias
Interpretative bias
Journal Article
OCD
Social anxiety
Study addiction
Study engagement
Studyholism
Work addiction
Work engagement
Workaholism

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Date Completed 19.05.2022

Date Revised 28.05.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijerph19095261

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM340875968