Does social anxiety increase with age?
(1996) Does social anxiety increase with age?. Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling 6(1):pp. 43-52.
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Abstract
One of the impressions in the literature on children's social anxiety is that young (preadolescent) children are not socially anxious and that social anxiety begins to manifest itself at adolescence and then increases with age. However there seems to be little direct research evidence to substantiate this claim. A question¬naire to assess feared outcomes in children and adolescents was therefore administered to 1415 children between the ages of 6 and 16 years. The results showed that worry about social threat did not increase with age and the content of the feared social outcomes also remained relatively constant over the age span.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Status: | Published |
| Keywords: | social anxiety; children; adolescent; fear; anxiety disorders; schools |
| Subjects: | 330000 Education > 330100 Education Studies > 330101 Educational Psychology 320000 Medical and Health Sciences > 321200 Public Health and Health Services > 321204 Mental Health |
| ID Code: | 4333 |
| Deposited By: | Ward, Robyn J |
| Deposited On: | 25 May 2006 |
| Alternative Locations: | http://www.australianacademicpress.com.au/Publications/Journals/Guidance&Counselling/guidecounsel.htm |
| Copyright Owner: | Copyright 1996 Australian Academic Press |
| Copyright Statement: | Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |