Roles of gender, social anxiety and extraversion in drinking patterns among Nigerian students

Eze, John E.; Uzuegbu, Chibueze Fortune; Chukwuorji, JohnBosco Chika

doi:10.1080/09687637.2020.1810207

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“…Out of the total participants, 63 (7.2%) have a history of mental illness, 90 (10.3%) have lifetime suicidal ideation, and 55 (6.3%) students had known chronic medical illnesses. Therefore from 55 chronic medical illnesses, the highest was epilepsy ( 32 ), the second was hypertension ( 8 ), and the list observed was asthmatics ( 2 ), and five students had cardiac problems, four students had HIV, and three students had diabetes mellitus ( Table 2 ).…”

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“…In an international community survey across different 13 countries, the magnitude of SP was 4% and it was highly prevalent among females and young age groups (6). In a different study conducted in Africa, the prevalence of social phobia ranges from 10.3 to 76.4% (7)(8)(9), and in Ethiopia was 27.5% (10).…”

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“…Different factors affect SP. These include low educational status, substance use, poor daily functioning, and unstable life, (6,(11)(12)(13)) which lead to a remarkable impairment of emotional, psychological, and social wellbeing (7)(8)(9)14). The risk of SP also among high school students is higher than among those who have poor academic performance, alcoholic drinkers, female gender, being living in rural, have young ages, victimization, comorbid chronic medical illness, and have a past and family history of mental illness (10,(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20).…”

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Prevalence and associated factors of social phobia among high school adolescents in Northwest Ethiopia, 2021

Nakie

Melkam²,

Desalegn³

et al. 2022

Front. Psychiatry

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BackgroundSocial phobia is the third most common mental illness in the world. It harms educational achievement by increasing school absentees and prevents students to participate in class, and this leads to a significant impairment of the emotional, psychological, social, and physical wellbeing of students. The research done regarding social phobia and associated factors among high school students in low- and middle-income countries is limited. Therefore, this study aims to assess the prevalence and associated factors of social phobia among adolescents and have a pivotal role in further investigation.ObjectivesTo assess the prevalence and associated factors of social phobia among high school adolescents in Northwest Ethiopia, 2021.Materials and methodsAn institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted from 15 April to 14 May 2021, by using a simple random sampling technique to select a sample of 936 participants after proportional allocation to the six high schools. Social phobia was assessed by using the social phobia inventory (SPIN), independent variables like social support were assessed by Oslo social support scale, substance-related factors by ASSIST, and the rest of the other factors were assessed by structured questionnaires. Binary and multivariate analyses were done to identify factors associated with social phobia. Statistical significance was declared at a 95% confidence interval (CI) of p-value less than or equal to 0.05.ResultThe prevalence of social phobia among adolescents was found to be 40.2% (95% CI 37.0 to 43.4%). In the multivariable analysis, female sex (AOR = 1.374, 95% CI = 1.016, 1.858), poor social support (AOR = 2.408, 95% CI = 1.660, 3.493), having known chronic medical illness (AOR = 2.131, 95% CI = 1.173, 3.870), having a history of mental illness in the family (AOR = 1.723, 95% CI = 1.071, 2.773), and is highly risky alcohol user (AOR = 1.992 95% CI 1.034, 3.838) were factors significantly associated with social phobia symptoms.ConclusionThe overall prevalence of SP among adolescents was high. Therefore, early detection and adequate intervention are crucial to reducing the overall burden of social phobia among adolescents.

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