this study compared focus attention (self-focused attention and other focused attention) in social phobia patients and normal subjects. in this study with causal–comparative method, 100 subjects with social phobia and 100 normal individuals have been compared. subjects were selected through cluster sampling among tabriz university students. data scale of social phobia and focus attention of the...

The relationship between shyness, social phobia and other psychiatric disorders was examined. The prevalence of social phobia was significantly higher among shy persons (18%) compared with non-shy persons (3%). However, the majority of shy individuals (82%) were not socially phobic. A significant and positive correlation was found between the severity of shyness and the presence of social phobi...

Excessive self-criticism is a putative psychological vulnerability for depression, and recent findings suggest it may be important in social phobia as well. The present study investigated the role of self-criticism in predicting outcome to cognitivebehavior therapy for generalized social phobia. Eighty-four patients were assessed before and after treatment using a latent social phobia factor ba...

The present longitudinal study aimed to determine rate of natural recovery from DSM-IV social phobia in the community and to examine predictors of recovery. Data were derived from the Dresden Predictor Study of a representative sample of 1396 young German women. The participants completed a diagnostic interview and self-report questionnaires at two survey points approximately 1.5 years apart. O...

BACKGROUND A few studies on short-term psychodynamic approach have been conducted on social phobia. OBJECTIVES In this study, the effectiveness of short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy on the treatment of social phobia has been compared to the effectiveness of sertraline and waiting list. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this randomized-controlled trial study, 13 male students were treated with sh...

social phobia is one of the most common disorders between adolescents and young adults .the aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of social phobia in abhar`s high school students, at the risk-period for developing social phobia, and its influencing factors . in this cross-sectional study, a total of 5526 high school students of both genders from abhar were selected using a census s...

Although it is clear that people with social phobia have interpersonal impairment, evidence that social phobia (as opposed to other mental disorders) affects friendship in particular is lacking. Two large epidemiological datasets were used to test whether diagnosis of social phobia is related to perceived friendship quality above and beyond perceived family relationship quality, diagnosis of ot...

BACKGROUND Although literature provides support for cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) as an efficacious intervention for social phobia, more research is needed to improve treatments for children. METHODS Forty four Caucasian children (ages 8-14) meeting diagnostic criteria of social phobia according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; APA, 1994) were random...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the German version of the Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) as a screening device and to report corresponding cut-off scores for different populations. METHOD In Study 1, 2043 subjects from a representative sample completed the SPIN. Cut-off values were established on the basis of means and standard deviations. In Study 2, different aspects of validity were examined in a cl...