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Data collection occurred between 17 February and 6 May 2024.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Participants<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 640 UK participants, including both men and women, aged 18-65.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Main outcome measures<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We measured the internal consistency of the PSRS, test-retest reliability and validity against measures including rejection sensitivity, perceived social status, depressive symptoms and resistance to peer influence. Moderation analyses examined the role of perceived social status, age and a sense of belonging in the relationship between PSRS scores and depressive symptoms.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The PSRS showed excellent internal consistency (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b1=0.96<\/jats:italic>\n                      ) and good test-retest reliability (Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC)\n                      <jats:italic>=0.70<\/jats:italic>\n                      ). Perceptions of social risks significantly declined with age (\n                      <jats:italic>r=\u22120.20, p&lt;0.001<\/jats:italic>\n                      ) and factor analyses confirmed that the PSRS differentiates among four distinct but related social risk constructs: authenticity and integrity (\u03b1=0.91), social assertiveness (\u03b1=0.72), reservedness (\u03b1=0.83) and social non-conformity (\u03b1=0.72). For evidence of convergent validity, higher PSRS scores were associated with increased sensitivity to social rejection (\n                      <jats:italic>r=0.23, p&lt;0.001),<\/jats:italic>\n                      elevated depressive symptoms (\n                      <jats:italic>r=0.13, p=0.012)<\/jats:italic>\n                      and negatively correlated with resistance to peer influence (\n                      <jats:italic>r=\u22120.13, p=0.013<\/jats:italic>\n                      ). Local perceived social status significantly moderated the relationship between PSRS scores and depressive symptoms (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2=0.005, SE=0.002, t=2.36, p=0.019<\/jats:italic>\n                      ). A general sense of belonging did not moderate this relationship.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our results confirm that social risk is not a uniform construct but is instead multidimensional. The PSRS offers a reliable and valid tool for assessing multidimensional social risk-taking, with strong internal consistency and test\u2013retest reliability. 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