Relationship Between Experiential Avoidance and Cognitive Fusion to Social Interaction Anxiety in Students

The current study aimed at assessing the relationship between experiential avoidance (EA) and cognitive fusion to the level of anxiety in students experiencing such problems in their social interactions.
The sample consisted of 324 college students who were randomly selected by cluster sampling method. They completed acceptance and action questionnaire (AAQ-II), social anxiety-acceptance and action questionnaire (SA-AAQ), cognitive fusion questionnaire (CFQ), believability of anxious feelings and thoughts questionnaire (BAFT), and social interaction anxiety scale (SIAS). Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis were used to analyze the data.
The results showed a positive correlation between EA (r = 0.45; P The results of the current study showed a correlation between EA and cognitive fusion and students anxiety in social interactions.