social anxiety disorder is an anxiety disorder in which a person has an excessive and unreasonable fear of social situations. social anxiety and self-consciousness arise from a fear of being closely watched and criticized by others. clinical observation also suggests that some persons with social anxiety disorder may experience intense anger at others upon perceived negative evaluation or when ...

BACKGROUND Social phobia may seriously impair the functioning of affected individuals. It is frequently associated with other mental disorders. AIMS To estimate the co-occurrence of social phobia with major depressive disorder (MDD) and to analyze their interaction. METHOD Subjects were 18,980 individuals, aged 15 years or older, representative of the general population of the United Kingdo...

The nature of the relationship between shyness and social phobia can be clarified by assessing rates of social phobia in highly shy and normative samples. In the present study, 2202 participants were screened and categorized on a shyness scale as highly shy (90th percentile) or "normatively" shy (40-60th percentile). The Composite International Diagnostic Interview and the Structured Clinical I...

Cognitive-behavioural group treatment is the treatment of choice for social phobia. However, as not all patients benefit, an additional empirically validated psychological treatment would be of value. In addition, few studies have examined whether a group treatment format is more effective than an individual treatment format. A randomized controlled trial addressed these issues by comparing ind...

Background: The symptoms of personality disorders (Axis II) commonly found in social phobia patients overlap highly with the symptoms that typify the Axis I disorder and are thus linked to diagnostic process in symptomatic patients. Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate personality traits of social phobia patients. Method: One hundred and eight subjects were selected, from 18 ...

background and aim : for various reasons hearing-impaired people have stress and fear of being in social situations. cognitive behavioral therapy (cbt) is known as one of the most valid therapies of social phobia. the aim of this research was to show the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy on the level of social anxiety in hearing-impaired adults. methods : the study population consisted o...

Social anxiety disorder (social phobia) is an irrational fear of being observed and judged by other people in various social settings. The individual is afraid that he or she will act in a way that will be humiliating or embarrassing. It is often a chronic, disabling condition that is characterized by a phobic avoidance of most social situations. Social anxiety disorder is the most frequent anx...

locus of control refers to the extent to which individuals believe they can control events affecting them. social anxiety disorder, also known as social phobia, is the most common anxiety disorder. it is characterized by intense fear in one or more social situations. the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between locus of control with anxiety and social phobia in adolescent’s...