TABLE 1.

Descriptive statistics by group

Variables	Low SA group		High SA group		SAD group
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Social Interaction Anxiety	16.82**	8.35	52.35	10.33	53.88	9.06
Social Phobia	8.26**	6.77	38.85	15.90	35.48	14.33
Depression	3.56**	4.38	13.53**	4.96	24.79	10.29
Self‐Compassion Total	20.30**	3.51	14.04	4.76	14.33	2.80
Common Humanity	3.13*	0.96	2.52	1.16	2.35	0.72
Mindfulness	3.35	0.82	2.85	0.91	2.47	0.71
Self‐Kindness	3.18**	0.75	2.21	0.87	2.30	0.68
Self‐Judgement	3.62**	0.70	1.95**	0.73	2.48	0.78
Over‐Identification	3.43**	0.92	2.28	0.81	2.32	0.77
Isolation	3.60**	0.79	2.24*	0.99	2.41	0.84
Cognitive Reappraisal	31.26*	6.43	21.76	10.42	21.58	7.02
Expressive Suppression	13.62	5.55	16.65	5.54	17.12	5.87

Note: N = 101; *p < .05, **p < .001. A significant effect for the low SA group represents a significant difference between the low and high SA group. A significant effect for the high SA group represents a significant difference between the high SA group and the SAD group.

Abbreviations: SA, Social Anxiety; SAD, Social Anxiety Disorder.