Dimensional assessment of DSM-5 social anxiety symptoms among university students and its relationship with functional impairment

Dell’Osso, Liliana; Abelli, Marianna; Pini, Stefano; Carlini, Marina; Carpita, Barbara; Macchi, E.; Gorrasi, Federica; Mengali, Francesco; Tognetti, Rosalba; Massimetti, Gabriele

doi:10.2147/ndt.s59348

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“…These data seem to be in line with the recent literature, which is stressing the hypothesis that sex differences in the prevalence of AT could be overestimated because of a lack of detection of the female phenotype when assessed by the commonly employed instruments [47, 52, 67]. On the other hand, our sample (students enrolled in high-ranking universities) might be considered a high-risk group for AT [10-17, 59], and this may have affected our results about sex differences. In our sample, AdAS Spectrum high scorers reported higher TALS-SR total mean scores than AdAS Spectrum low scorers.…”

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Sex Differences in the Relationship between PTSD Spectrum Symptoms and Autistic Traits in a Sample of University Students

Carpita

Muti

Muscarella

et al. 2019

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Background:While growing literature is stressing the link between Autistic Traits (AT) and trauma-/stress-related disorders, in both conditions significant differences have been separately reported.Objective:This study aims to evaluate the relationship between AT and trauma-/stress-related symptoms with respect to sex.Methods:178 university students were assessed with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5, the Trauma and Loss Spectrum (TALS) and the Adult Autism Subthreshold Spectrum (AdAS). In order to evaluate sex differences in trauma-/stress-related symptoms among subjects with higher or lower AT, the sample was split in two groups with an equal number of subjects on the basis of the median score reported on AdAS Spectrum (“AdAS high scorers” and “AdAS low scorers”).Results:Females reported significantly higher TALS total score, Loss events and Grief reaction domain scores than males in the whole sample, while AdAS high scorers reported significantly higher TALS total and domain scores than AdAS low scorers. A significant interaction between high/low AdAS score and sex emerged for TALS domains, with females scoring significantly higher than males only among AdAS low scorers, specifically on Loss events, Grief reaction, Re-experiencing and Personal characteristics/Risk factors domains. Finally, among AdAS high scorers a significantly higher rate of subjects fulfilled symptomatological criteria for PTSD than among AdAS low scorers, without sex differences.Conclusion:Our results confirm a significant relationship between AT and trauma-/stress-related symptoms, which seems to prevail on sex differences among high-risk subjects.

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Sex Differences in the Relationship between PTSD Spectrum Symptoms and Autistic Traits in a Sample of University Students

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Muti

Muscarella

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“…[ 4 ] Social anxiety is a disorder that includes fear of meeting new people, social gatherings phobia, public speaking phobia, and social situation avoidance. [ 18 , 19 ] Socially anxious individuals demonstrate awful performance in social situations and gatherings. [ 20 ] The idea of this research was to examine the impact of group REBEI on social anxiety symptoms among undergraduate adult education and extra-mural studies students Nigeria.…”

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Managing social anxiety among undergraduate adult education and extra-mural studies students

Ezenwaji

Aloh²,

Okeke

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Background/Objective: Anxiety is a significant problem affecting University students including undergraduate adult education and extra-mural studies students. This research evaluated the impact of a group rational-emotive behavioral education intervention (group rational-emotive behavioral education intervention [REBEI]) on social anxiety symptoms among undergraduate adult education and extra-mural studies students. Method: Eighty six students participated in the study by belonging to either treatment group (n = 43) or control group (n = 43). A REBEI treatment program was developed by the researchers was used to implement the experiment and data was collected using a 22-item questionnaire on social anxiety. Analyzes of data were done using repeated measures ANOVA and paired t- test. Results: Results showed that despite the social anxiety experienced before exposure to the intervention, the social anxiety symptoms of the undergraduate adult education and extra-mural studies students in the treatment group reduced significantly at post-treatment and follow-up compared to students in the control group. Conclusion: REBEI demonstrated its clinical usefulness in treating undergraduate adult education and extra-mural studies students with social anxiety problem.

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“…Globally, the lifetime and current prevalence of social anxiety disorder was estimated at 4% and 1.3%, respectively [2]. Its onset started in late childhood and associated with new demands for social interaction, younger age, female sex, lower educational status, lower income, and performing in public [1, 3].…”

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“…Social anxiety disorder was fearful in social gatherings, fear of public speaking, meeting new people, and avoidance of social situations [1–3]. Social fearful persons made bad images of their performance in social situations [4].…”

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The prevalence and correlates of social phobia among undergraduate health science students in Gondar, Gondar Ethiopia

2019

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Objective Social phobia is highly prevalent among university students. The lowest and highest point prevalence of social phobia among undergraduate university students was estimated at 7.8% and 80%, respectively. However, research into social phobia and associated factors among undergraduate university students in low and middle-income countries has been limited. Therefore, this study aimed to assess social phobia and associated factors among university students in Ethiopia to contribute an attempt to ensure optimal care for students. Result A total of 503 participants were interviewed with a response rate of 100%. The mean age of the respondents was 22.17 (± 10) years. The prevalence of social phobia symptoms among students was found to be 31.2% with (95% CI 27.3 to 35.6%). In the multivariable analysis, poor social support (AOR = 2.8, 95% CI 1.40, 5.60), female sex (AOR = 2.3; 95% CI 1.50, 3.60), 1st-year students (AOR = 5.5; 95% CI 1.80, 17.20), and coming from a rural residence (AOR = 1.6; 95% CI 1.00, 2.40) were factors significantly associated with social phobia symptoms. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13104-019-4482-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Dimensional assessment of DSM-5 social anxiety symptoms among university students and its relationship with functional impairment

Cited by 13 publications

References 23 publications

Sex Differences in the Relationship between PTSD Spectrum Symptoms and Autistic Traits in a Sample of University Students

Sex Differences in the Relationship between PTSD Spectrum Symptoms and Autistic Traits in a Sample of University Students

Managing social anxiety among undergraduate adult education and extra-mural studies students

The prevalence and correlates of social phobia among undergraduate health science students in Gondar, Gondar Ethiopia

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