The Comparison of Maladjusted Perfectionism, Maladaptive Cognitive Emotion Regulation and Rumination in Adolescents with High and Low Social Anxiety

Social anxiety is one of the most important anxiety disorders that have begun in adolescence and continue until the later periods of evolution. It creates social interactions and other performance dimensions of an individual. Hence, it is important to recognize features of people with social anxiety. The objective of this study was to compare maladjusted perfectionism, maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation, and rumination in an adolescent with high and low social anxiety.
  The present study was the comparative and descriptive method. The sample consisted of 329 male and female students of the 2nd course of high schools of Kashan City who were selected by multi-stage random sampling. To collect information, the Connor Social Phobia Inventory (2000), Hill Perfectionism Inventory (2004), Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (2001), and Ruminative Response Scale (1993) were used. SPSS22 software test was used to analyze the data. 
The results of this study showed that there was a significant difference between students with high and low social anxiety. The mean scores of students with high social anxiety were significantly higher in maladjusted perfectionism, maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation, and rumination in comparison with low social anxiety. 
Findings emphasize the importance of paying attention to maladjusted perfectionism, maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation, and rumination in adolescents with symptoms of social anxiety. The findings of the present study have an important role in Educational therapeutic interventions for adolescents with high social anxiety.