Association between perfectionism and life satisfaction among a sample of the Lebanese population: The indirect role of social phobia and validation of the Arabic version of the Social Phobia Inventory.
Sfeir, Michel; Saliba, Gisele; Akel, Marwanet al.
2022 • In Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 58 (4), p. 2513 - 2523
Lebanon; Life satisfaction; anxiety; perfectionism; social phobia; Adult; Humans; Personal Satisfaction; Cross-Sectional Studies; Psychometrics/methods; Reproducibility of Results; Phobia, Social; Perfectionism; Psychometrics; Psychiatric Mental Health; General Medicine; Pshychiatric Mental Health
Abstract :
[en] [en] PURPOSE: To assess the psychometric properties of the Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN), and evaluate the indirect effect of social phobia between perfectionism and life satisfaction (LS).
METHODS: A cross-sectional study enrolled 683 Lebanese adults (April-May 2021).
RESULTS: The confirmatory factor analysis results confirmed the one-factor solution of the SPIN items (Cronbach's alpha = 0.92). Social phobia had an indirect effect in the association between rigid, self-critical, and narcissistic perfectionism and life satisfaction.
PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: The study results confirm the psychometric properties of the SPIN to assess social phobia and constitute a preliminary database of the variables that interplay with LS in the Lebanese population. Future studies should suggest clinical tools and techniques to cope with anxiety or reduce perfectionism to enhance LS.
Disciplines :
Treatment & clinical psychology
Author, co-author :
Sfeir, Michel ; Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l'Education > Service de Psychologie clinique ; Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (SSP), Institute of Psychology (IP), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Saliba, Gisele; Faculty of Arts and Science, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, P.O. Box 446, Jounieh, Lebanon
Akel, Marwan; School of Pharmacy, Lebanese International University, Beirut, Lebanon
Hallit, Souheil ; Psychology Department, College of Humanities, Effat University, Jeddah, 21478, Saudi Arabia ; School of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, P.O. Box 446, Jounieh, Lebanon ; Department of Research, Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross, P.O. Box 60096, Jal Eddib, Lebanon
Obeid, Sahar; Social and Education Sciences Department, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University, Jbeil, Lebanon
Language :
English
Title :
Association between perfectionism and life satisfaction among a sample of the Lebanese population: The indirect role of social phobia and validation of the Arabic version of the Social Phobia Inventory.
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