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This aim of this study was to present a structural model of social anxiety based on early maladaptive schemas mediated by family functioning among senior high school students in Marivan. The study had an explorative-descriptive design. The population of the study was comprised of all high school students in Marivan (4134 students) from among whom 400 cases (200 male and 200 female students) were selected and studied. To select the sample, the researcher gave Connor’s Social Phobia Index (SPI) to the students suspected of social anxiety disorder (diagnosed by schools’ consultants whose symptoms were consistent with those specified by DSM-V). The students suffering from SAD were identified and the sample was drawn based on simple random sampling method. The subjects completed Young Schema Questionnaire-Short Form and the McMaster Family Assessment Device.  Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Data analysis demonstrated that early maladaptive schemas can directly affect social anxiety (0.51). In addition, early maladaptive schemas can indirectly affect social anxiety (-0.32) and family functioning mediates this association. The structural model fitted well with the research data and early maladaptive schemas could predict 0.63% of the changes in social anxiety. Identifying the direct role of early maladaptive schemas in increasing social anxiety with the indirect, mediating role of family functioning can prove helpful in preventing students' social anxiety disorder.

Clinical and epidemiological studies have proved the role of cognitive processes in the formation and continuity of social anxiety. This study aimed to predict the social anxiety symptoms among adolescents based on the early maladaptive schemas and cognitive distortions. Population included all junior high-school students in Marivan city and among whom 400 students (200 males and 200 females) were selected as samples. To select sample size, the researcher referred to the selected high schools and distributed Connor’s social phobia index questionnaire among students who were suspicious of suffering from social anxiety (diagnosed by schools consultants and consistent with symptoms indicated in DSM-V). Upon the completion of the questionnaire, the students with confirmed social anxiety disorder were randomly selected as the sampling of the study. Data were gathered using social anxiety questionnaire, early maladaptive schemas questionnaire (short form) and cognitive distortions questionnaire. The collected data analyzed using Structural Equation Model. The results showed the structural model was fit. Five areas of the early maladaptive schemas (disconnection and rejection, impaired autonomy and performance, impaired limits, directedness, over-vigilance, and inhibition) can predict 63% of social anxiety. There was a direct and significant correlation between the variables of the early maladaptive schemas and social anxiety. Bootstrapping analysis revealed cognitive distortions served as a mediator between the early maladaptive schemas and social anxiety symptoms. The results of this study supported the role of the early maladaptive schemas as a vulnerability factor in social anxiety and the role of cognitive distortions as a linking mechanism between the early maladaptive schemas and social anxiety.