the mediating role of self-efficacy in the relationship between risk perception and psychological vulnerability in students with social anxiety disorder

Purpose: the aim of the present study was to model the mediating role of self-efficacy in the relationship between risk perception and psychological vulnerability in adolescents with social anxiety disorder.methodology: the method of this research was correlation research based on structural equation modeling method. the statistical population of this study was all first grade students in the second-high school of sari in the academic year of 2018-2019. 260 subjects were selected using stage sampling method and rundmo & iversen risk perception questionnaire (2004), social anxiety inventory (spi), psychological injury questionnaire (scl-25) and child and adolescent self-efficacy questionnaire (seq-c) answered. the statistical method of the research was structural regression equations according to spss24 and amos23 software.findings: the results showed that self-efficacy had a significant mediating role in the relationship between risk perception and psychological vulnerability in adolescents with social anxiety disorder, and there was a significant negative correlation between the components of risk perception and self-efficacy with psychological vulnerability.conclusion: the results of this study emphasize the necessity of risk perception as well as the mediating role of self-efficacy on adolescents' psychological vulnerability..