en رويكرد شناختي رفتاري Cognitive behavioral پژوهشي Original Research Article <p style="text-align: justify"><b>Objective:</b> This study aimed to investigate the role of negative and positive affectivity, selffocused attention, and attentional control in social anxiety symptoms.&nbsp;</p> <div> <p style="text-align: justify"><b>Methods:</b> A sample of 382 students of Isfahan University was selected and the participants completed Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN), Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), Attentional Control Scale (ACS), and Focus of Attention Questionnaire (FAQ). Data were analyzed by Pearson correlatiosn and multiple regression analysis. Statistical analysis were performed using the SPSS 20.&nbsp;</p> <div style="text-align: justify"><b>Results:</b> The results indicated that there were positive significant relationships between negative affectivity, self-focused attention and social anxiety symptoms. Also findings showed negative and significant relationships between positive affectivity, attentional control and social anxiety symptoms. In regression analysis, negative and positive affectivity, self-focused attention, and attentional control were predictors of social anxiety symptoms.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: justify"><b>Conclusion:</b> In this study, our findings suggested that negative and positive affectivity, self-focused attention, and attentional control have important role in the development and maintenance of social anxiety symptoms.</div> </div> Negative affectivity, Positive affectivity, Self-focused attention, Attentional control, Social anxiety symptoms 149 154 http://jpcp.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-217-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Zahra Babaei زهرا بابایی babaei.zahraa@yahoo.com Yes Ebrahim Rezaei Dogaheh dolatshahee@yahoo.com No Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Behrooz Dolatshahi apourshahbaz@yahoo.com No Abbas Pourshahbaz No