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Nele Claes1, A Smeding1, A Carré1
1Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, Univ Grenoble Alpes, Chambéry, France.
Anxiety, Stress, and Coping
|September 5, 2022
Summary
Lower socioeconomic status is linked to reduced attentional control and increased social anxiety. Attentional control may explain these mental health disparities related to socioeconomic status.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Mental Health Research
Background:
- Socioeconomic status (SES) disparities are associated with mental health differences.
- Attentional control is a cognitive factor implicated in SES-related mental health variations.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the role of attentional control in the relationship between socioeconomic status and social anxiety.
- To test if attentional control mediates the link between SES and social anxiety.
Main Methods:
- Cross-sectional study involving 439 French adults recruited via social media.
- Self-reported measures of attentional control, objective SES, subjective SES, social anxiety, and trait anxiety were used.
- Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was employed to analyze the data.
Main Results:
- Objective SES, specifically income, was positively associated with attentional control.
- Attentional control showed a positive association with social anxiety.
- Attentional control mediated the relationship between objective SES and social anxiety.
Conclusions:
- This study provides the first evidence that lower socioeconomic status is associated with reduced attentional control and higher social anxiety.
- Attentional control emerges as a key psychological factor contributing to social anxiety inequalities across socioeconomic strata.
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