SOCIAL PHOBIA PREVALENCE IN YOUNGS
Abstract
Introduction: The most common psychiatric disorder of new communities are the anxiety disorders. In this survey Isfahans' high school students' social phobia were assessed as an important part of anxiety disorders.
Methods & Materials: In this cross sectional study, 500 high school students (250 male, 250 female) whom selected by multi-stage cluster and simple random sampling, were enrolled into study. Data collection performed by multiple choice question are and analysis were done by SPSS software with 0.05 significance level.
Results: 11 percents of selected students with mean age about 16 Yrs, have had Social Phobia (male=56.4%, female=43.6 % ). Parents' education of affected group were higher than non-affected, and birth rank had significant relation with Social Phobia (P = 0.043).
Conclusions: Unfortunately in spite of high prevalence of social phobia, It's remain unknown and affected students would have numerous educational and communicational problems because of this disorder, therefore for complications' prevention and on time treatment, its need to inform people and physicians about this disorder and its' diagnose.
Methods & Materials: In this cross sectional study, 500 high school students (250 male, 250 female) whom selected by multi-stage cluster and simple random sampling, were enrolled into study. Data collection performed by multiple choice question are and analysis were done by SPSS software with 0.05 significance level.
Results: 11 percents of selected students with mean age about 16 Yrs, have had Social Phobia (male=56.4%, female=43.6 % ). Parents' education of affected group were higher than non-affected, and birth rank had significant relation with Social Phobia (P = 0.043).
Conclusions: Unfortunately in spite of high prevalence of social phobia, It's remain unknown and affected students would have numerous educational and communicational problems because of this disorder, therefore for complications' prevention and on time treatment, its need to inform people and physicians about this disorder and its' diagnose.
Keywords
Anxiety, Social phobia, Students