Body Dissatisfaction and Social Anxiety among Adolescents: A Moderated Mediation Model of Feeling of Inferiority, Family Cohesion and Friendship Quality

Previous research has documented that body dissatisfaction is positively related to social anxiety. However, little known about the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying this relation. Based on person-environment interaction theory, study aimed examine chain mediation effect of feeling inferiority family cohesion in relationship between anxiety among adolescents whether process was moderated by friendship quality. A total 972 students (M = 15.77, SD 0.856) were enrolled study. All participants completed questionnaires regarding adolescent dissatisfaction, inferiority, cohesion, quality Our found associated with Feeling play a chain-mediated role relation In addition, plays According not only confirms collectivist culture, but also reveals mechanism individual characteristics (feeling inferiority) external environmental factors (family cohesion) anxiety, whole mechanism. These findings show lights how adolescents.