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Differentiating Social Phobia from Shyness [PDF]

, 2004
Objectives: This study aimed to clarify the boundaries of social phobia and the nature of shyness. Despite the similarities between social phobia and shyness, the vast majority of shy persons do not meet diagnostic criteria for social phobia ...
Heiser, Nancy
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Social Phobia in Persian Adults with Stuttering

Journal of Rehabilitation Sciences and Research, 2018
Background: Stuttering is a communication disorder. It is expected that stuttering may have negative impact on individuals’ mental and emotional health, which may affect their quality of life.
Ahmad Poormohammad, Zahra Ghayoumi-Anaraki, Maryam Faham, Davood Sobhani-Rad   +3 more
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The Prevalence of Nomophobia among University Students and Nomophobia’s Relationship with Social Phobia: The Case of Bingöl University

Addicta: The Turkish Journal on Addictions, 2019
The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between nomophobia and social phobia and the prevalence of nomophobia (NO-MObile-PHOne-PhoBIA) among university students. Within the scope of the research, 307 students studying at Bingöl University’
Emrah Apak, Ömer Miraç Yaman
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Social phobia in Swedish adolescents : Prevalence and gender differences

, 2008
Background The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of self-reported social phobia in a community sample of Swedish adolescents in junior high school, at the risk-period for developing social phobia.
Svedin, Carl Göran, Andersson, Gerhard, Göran Svedin, Carl,, Bohlin, G, Tillfors, Maria,, Svedin, CG, Svedin, Carl-Göran,, Tillfors, M, Furmark, T, Bohlin, Gunilla,, Andersson, Gerhard,, Gren-Landell, M, Green Landell, Malin,, Gren-Landell, Malin, Tillfors, Maria, Furmark, Tomas,, Andersson, G,   +16 more
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Inferiority or Even Superiority of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy in Phobias?—A Systematic Review and Quantitative Meta-Analysis on Randomized Controlled Trials Specifically Comparing the Efficacy of Virtual Reality Exposure to Gold Standard in vivo Exposure in Agoraphobia, Specific Phobia, and Social Phobia

Frontiers in Psychology, 2019
Background: Convincing evidence on Virtual Reality (VR) exposure for phobic anxiety disorders has been reported, however, the benchmark and golden standard for phobia treatment is in vivo exposure.
Theresa F. Wechsler, Franziska Kümpers, Andreas Mühlberger   +2 more
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Anxiety activating virtual environments for investigating social phobias [PDF]

Social phobia has become one of the commonest manifestations of fear in any society. This fear is often accompanied by major depression or social disabilities.
Kwon, Remi Jounghuem
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Social Phobia : The Family and the Brain

, 2001
The present thesis investigated family history and neurobiology of social phobia. Social phobia is a disabling disorder characterized by a marked fear of scrutiny in a variety of social situations.
Tillfors, Maria
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Emotional but not physical maltreatment is independently related to psychopathology in subjects with various degrees of social anxiety: a web-based internet survey [PDF]

, 2012
Iffland B, Sansen L, Catani C, Neuner F. Emotional but not physical maltreatment is independently related to psychopathology in subjects with various degrees of social anxiety: a web-based internet survey. BMC Psychiatry.
Frank Neuner, Claudia Catani, Neuner Frank, Sansen, Lisa, Iffland, Benjamin ; https://orcid.org/, Neuner, Frank, Catani, Claudia, Iffland Benjamin, Lisa M Sansen, Catani Claudia, Sansen Lisa M, Benjamin Iffland   +11 more
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A Study on Social Phobia and Functional Disability among Uni-versity Students of Dakshina Kannada District

National Journal of Community Medicine, 2016
Introduction: Social phobia is gathering increased attention and recognition as impairing but treatable condition that often starts in adolescence. This study was conducted to study the magnitude of social phobia and functional disability among the ...
MD Shoeeb Akram, Poonam Naik, Abhay S Nirgude   +2 more
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Social Anxiety Disorder

South African Journal of Psychiatry, 2013
According to epidemiological studies, rates of social anxiety disorder(SAD) or social phobia range from 3% to 16% in the generalpopulation.[1,2]Social phobia and specific phobias have an earlier ageof onset than other anxiety disorders.
S Seedat
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