SOCIAL ANXIETY IN ADOLESCENTS: PREVALANCE AND MORBIDITY

Objective: To explore the prevalence of “social anxiety” among adolescent student of Pakistani students. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Psychology, University of Gujrat, from 10th Oct 2017 to 30th Mar 2018. Methodology: The 716 adolescent stu...

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Autores principales:	Zaqia Bano, Riaz Ahmed, Saima Riaz
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Publicado:	Army Medical College Rawalpindi 2019
Materias:	adolescent prevalence social anxiety Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:80285723da6041b48f20dec6fa1a09e72021-11-10T02:36:40ZSOCIAL ANXIETY IN ADOLESCENTS: PREVALANCE AND MORBIDITY0030-96482411-8842https://doaj.org/article/80285723da6041b48f20dec6fa1a09e72019-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/3413/2388https://doaj.org/toc/0030-9648https://doaj.org/toc/2411-8842Objective: To explore the prevalence of “social anxiety” among adolescent student of Pakistani students. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Psychology, University of Gujrat, from 10th Oct 2017 to 30th Mar 2018. Methodology: The 716 adolescent students (344 male & 372 females) were assessed through Pakistani version of the scale initially developed by La Greca and Lopez in 1989 to measure social anxiety titled “Social Anxiety Scale– Adolescents”. Results: There was high prevalence of anxiety in adolescents as 22.5% of sample scored high on the SAS-A. No marked gender differences were observed on variable of interest. However, when analyzed for morbidity of social anxiety across early, middle and late adolescent groups it was observed that relatively less number of students in late adolescents scored high as 21.16% on social anxiety as compared to early 21.43% and middle adolescents 25.5%. Among high scorers in middle adolescents there was the greater number of boys as 59% reflecting middle adolescents as the most critical times for male adolescents. Conclusion: Social anxiety was found a most prevalent disorder in adolescents and morbidity of social anxiety alarmingly increase in youth.Zaqia BanoRiaz AhmedSaima RiazArmy Medical College Rawalpindiarticleadolescentprevalencesocial anxietyMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 69, Iss 5, Pp 1057-1060 (2019)
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spellingShingle	adolescent prevalence social anxiety Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920 Zaqia Bano Riaz Ahmed Saima Riaz SOCIAL ANXIETY IN ADOLESCENTS: PREVALANCE AND MORBIDITY
description	Objective: To explore the prevalence of “social anxiety” among adolescent student of Pakistani students. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Psychology, University of Gujrat, from 10th Oct 2017 to 30th Mar 2018. Methodology: The 716 adolescent students (344 male & 372 females) were assessed through Pakistani version of the scale initially developed by La Greca and Lopez in 1989 to measure social anxiety titled “Social Anxiety Scale– Adolescents”. Results: There was high prevalence of anxiety in adolescents as 22.5% of sample scored high on the SAS-A. No marked gender differences were observed on variable of interest. However, when analyzed for morbidity of social anxiety across early, middle and late adolescent groups it was observed that relatively less number of students in late adolescents scored high as 21.16% on social anxiety as compared to early 21.43% and middle adolescents 25.5%. Among high scorers in middle adolescents there was the greater number of boys as 59% reflecting middle adolescents as the most critical times for male adolescents. Conclusion: Social anxiety was found a most prevalent disorder in adolescents and morbidity of social anxiety alarmingly increase in youth.
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title	SOCIAL ANXIETY IN ADOLESCENTS: PREVALANCE AND MORBIDITY
title_short	SOCIAL ANXIETY IN ADOLESCENTS: PREVALANCE AND MORBIDITY
title_full	SOCIAL ANXIETY IN ADOLESCENTS: PREVALANCE AND MORBIDITY
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SOCIAL ANXIETY IN ADOLESCENTS: PREVALANCE AND MORBIDITY

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