Social phobia: an analysis of possible developmental factors

Article Abstract:

A study of a sample of 68 persons with specific/generalized social phobia and 25 control individuals regarding family history of anxiety, neuroticism, extraversion, shyness during childhood and traumatic conditioning was conducted. Social phobia was predicted by traumatic conditioning combined with childhood shyness. The study revealed considerably higher recurrence of traumatic conditioning happenings for subjects with the specific subtype while those with the generalized subtype had lower extraversion scores.

Social aspects, Neurotics

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A clinical study of a case of phobia

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A case study focusing on the anxiety disorder classified as the fear of insanity and death is presented. The subject is a single, physically healthy, forty-one year old woman. There are six symptoms of her dilemma, namely, feelings of unreality, confusion, fear with appropriate physiological effects, visualizations of convulsions, anticipatory fear of attacks which may lead to an attack and external stimuli to panic. Each symptom is discussed and analyzed.

Case studies

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Psychophysiological differences between subgroups of social phobia

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An investigation of the phobia for speaking in front of an audience reveals that nonanxious controls exhibit a lesser degree of fear than those with and without avoidant personality disorders (APD). The extent of fear cognition and subjective anxiety is higher in individuals with social phobia and APD, while the heart rates for individuals without APD is enhanced during speech.

Psychological aspects, Public speaking

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