Social Skills Deficits and Self-appraisal Biases in Children with Social Anxiety Disorder

Lau, Nancy; Zhou, Anna M.; Yuan, Amanda; Parigoris, Ryan M.; Rosenberg, Abby R.; Weisz, John R.

doi:10.1007/s10826-021-02194-w

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“…. (Bernstein et al, 2008;Eres et al, 2021), low level of social support from classmates (Coyle and Malecki, 2018), poor social skills (Scharfstein et al, 2011;Lau et al, 2022), and high rates of sickness absence and unemployment (Amin et al, 2019). The onset of SAD is early, with a median age of 13 years in epidemiological studies (Kessler et al, 2005), and there are few new cases after 25 years of age (Wittchen and Fehm, 2003;Stein et al, 2017).…”

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“…The core features of SAD are excessive fear of scrutiny by others and avoidance of social situations in which embarrassment or humiliation might occur (American Psychiatric Association., 2013 ). Social anxiety brings a series of problems such as impaired academic and global functioning (Ranta et al, 2009 ; Edlund et al, 2018 ; Finsaas et al, 2020 ), loneliness (Bernstein et al, 2008 ; Eres et al, 2021 ), low level of social support from classmates (Coyle and Malecki, 2018 ), poor social skills (Scharfstein et al, 2011 ; Lau et al, 2022 ), and high rates of sickness absence and unemployment (Amin et al, 2019 ). The onset of SAD is early, with a median age of 13 years in epidemiological studies (Kessler et al, 2005 ), and there are few new cases after 25 years of age (Wittchen and Fehm, 2003 ; Stein et al, 2017 ).…”

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Prevalence of social anxiety disorder and symptoms among Chinese children, adolescents and young adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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The objective of the study is to provide a reliable estimate of the pooled prevalence of social anxiety disorder (SAD) and social anxiety symptoms (SAS) among children, adolescents, and young adults (CAYA) in China. Meta-analysis is used to provide pooled-prevalence rate of SAD and SAS. Literature searches were conducted in both English and Chinese databases from the database's inception to April 2019. Eleven studies were identified for SAD, and 17 were included for SAS. The results revealed a pooled prevalence of SAD of 2.1% (95% CI: 1.2–3.8%) with high between-studies heterogeneity (Q = 1,055.2, I2 = 99.1%, p < 0.001). The pooled prevalence estimate of SAS was 23.5% (95% CI: 18.6–29.3%), also with significant heterogeneity (Q = 1,019.3, I2 = 98.4%, p < 0.001). Different diagnostic tools or self-report scales reported significant different prevalence of SAD or SAS. Further analysis stratified by gender, age, sampling methods, economic status, and risk of bias were performed. Limitations include the high level of heterogeneity between studies, inadequate number of the studies, and significant differences in prevalence caused by measurements.Systematic review registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42020149591, identifier: PROSPERO CRD42020149591.

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Prevalence of social anxiety disorder and symptoms among Chinese children, adolescents and young adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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“…The SPRS has been validated in a population with anxiety disorders and therefore prone to difficulties in social interaction ( Fydrich and Chambless, 1998 ). It has the advantage of being easily adaptable to all ages and to a wide range of situations ( Harb et al, 2003 ; Lau et al, 2022 ). The SPRS is short and easy to use, unlike other scales such as the Social Behavior Scale ( Trower, 1978 ).…”

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Adaptation and validation of two annotation scales for assessing social skills in a corpus of multimodal collaborative interactions

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ContextBehavioral observation scales are important for understanding and assessing social skills. In the context of collaborative problem-solving (CPS) skills, considered essential in the 21st century, there are no validated scales in French that can be adapted to different CPS tasks. The aim of this study is to adapt and validate, by annotating a new video corpus of dyadic interactions that we have collected, two observational scales allowing us to qualitatively assess CPS skills: the Social Performance Rating Scale (SPRS) and the Social Skills of Collaboration Scale (SSC).MethodThe construct validity of these two scales was assessed by exploratory factor analysis and inter-item correlations. We also checked inter-judge agreement using inter-class correlation coefficients. Internal consistency was determined using Cronbach’s alpha and convergent and divergent validity by assessing correlations between the two scales and measures of depression and alexithymia. Finally, the discriminative properties of the two scales were analyzed by comparing the scores obtained by a group of anxious individuals and a non-anxious control group.ResultsThe results show that our two scales have excellent inter-item correlations. Internal consistency is excellent (alpha SPRS =0.90; SSC = 0.93). Inter-rater agreement ranged from moderate to high. Finally, convergent validity was significant with the alexithymia scale, as was divergent validity with the depression scale. Anxious individuals had lower scores on both scales than non-anxious individuals.ConclusionBoth scales show good psychometric properties for assessing social skills relevant to different collaborative tasks. They also identify individuals with difficulties in social interaction. Thus, they could allow monitoring the effectiveness of training social skills useful in CPS.

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“…One possibility to explain the consistency between parent and external observer reports of social withdrawal is that both measures may be based more on observable anxiety behaviors of the child, whereas child self-report may reflect elements of children's understanding of emotion and cognitive processes. There is evidence that children exhibit self-appraisal biases in social situations (Lau et al, 2022), which could lead to disparities between child self-report with observer (including parental) reports. Additionally, research on children's social withdrawal demonstrate that there are shy children who are motivated to seek out peers and social interactions, but are too shy to do so (Coplan et al, 2004).…”

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Are fearful boys at higher risk for anxiety? Person-centered profiles of toddler fearful behavior predict anxious behaviors at age 6

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Dysregulated fear (DF), the presence of fearful behaviors in both low-threat and high-threat contexts, is associated with child anxiety symptoms during the early childhood (e.g., Buss et al., 2013). However, not all children with DF go on to develop an anxiety disorder (Buss and McDoniel, 2016). This study leveraged the data from two longitudinal cohorts (N = 261) to (1) use person-centered methods to identify profiles of fearful temperament, (2) replicate the findings linking DF to anxiety behaviors in kindergarten, (3) test if child sex moderates associations between DF and anxiety behaviors, and (4) examine the consistency of findings across multiple informants of child anxiety behaviors. We identified a normative fear profile (low fear in low-threat contexts; high fear in high-threat contexts), a low fear profile (low fear across both low- and high-threat contexts) and a DF profile (high fear across both low- and high-threat contexts). Results showed that probability of DF profile membership was significantly associated with child self-reported overanxiousness, but not with parent-reported overanxiousness. Associations between DF profile membership and overanxiousness was moderated by child sex such that these associations were significant for boys only. Additionally, results showed that probability of DF profile membership was associated with both parent-reported social withdrawal and observations of social reticence, but there were no significant associations with child self-report of social withdrawal. Results highlight the importance of considering person-centered profiles of fearful temperament across different emotion-eliciting contexts, and the importance of using multiple informants to understand associations with temperamental risk for child anxiety.

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Social Skills Deficits and Self-appraisal Biases in Children with Social Anxiety Disorder

Cited by 6 publications

References 54 publications

Prevalence of social anxiety disorder and symptoms among Chinese children, adolescents and young adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Prevalence of social anxiety disorder and symptoms among Chinese children, adolescents and young adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Adaptation and validation of two annotation scales for assessing social skills in a corpus of multimodal collaborative interactions

Are fearful boys at higher risk for anxiety? Person-centered profiles of toddler fearful behavior predict anxious behaviors at age 6

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