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Social anxiety disorder in Saudi adolescent boys: Prevalence, subtypes, and parenting style as a risk factor
BACKGROUND: Available information on social anxiety disorder (SAD) in adolescents in Saudi Arabia is limited. The objective of the study was to estimate the prevalence, severity, and subtypes of SAD, and parenting style risk factors associated with SAD in the adolescent. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4745198/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26929726 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8229.172226 |
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author | Ghazwani, Jaafar Y. Khalil, Shamsun N. Ahmed, Razia A. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Available information on social anxiety disorder (SAD) in adolescents in Saudi Arabia is limited. The objective of the study was to estimate the prevalence, severity, and subtypes of SAD, and parenting style risk factors associated with SAD in the adolescent. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted in two secondary schools for boys in Abha, Saudi Arabia during the Academic year 2013. To collect the data, a questionnaire eliciting information on background characteristics and parenting style as well as the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale Test (LSAS), for the evaluation of SAD, were used. RESULTS: A total of 454 students participated in the study. The age of the participants ranged between 15 and 20 years with a mean of 17.4 years. The prevalence of SAD was 11.7%. Around 36% and 11.4% of the students respectively had severe and more severe forms of SAD. Parenting style such as parental anger, criticism particularly in front of others, exaggerated protection, maltreatment and family provocation emerged as a significant risk factor for SAD. The independent predictors of SAD were a parental provocation and physical or emotional maltreatment by the parent (odds ratio [OR] = 3.97, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.90–8.31 and OR = 2.67, 95% CI: 3.17–5.19, respectively). CONCLUSION: The prevalence of SAD in secondary school students at Abha is high. Parenting style risk factors for SAD are modifiable. In this context, a national program to improve mental health in this age group is crucial. |
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spelling | pubmed-47451982016-02-29 Social anxiety disorder in Saudi adolescent boys: Prevalence, subtypes, and parenting style as a risk factor Ghazwani, Jaafar Y. Khalil, Shamsun N. Ahmed, Razia A. J Family Community Med Original Article BACKGROUND: Available information on social anxiety disorder (SAD) in adolescents in Saudi Arabia is limited. The objective of the study was to estimate the prevalence, severity, and subtypes of SAD, and parenting style risk factors associated with SAD in the adolescent. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted in two secondary schools for boys in Abha, Saudi Arabia during the Academic year 2013. To collect the data, a questionnaire eliciting information on background characteristics and parenting style as well as the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale Test (LSAS), for the evaluation of SAD, were used. RESULTS: A total of 454 students participated in the study. The age of the participants ranged between 15 and 20 years with a mean of 17.4 years. The prevalence of SAD was 11.7%. Around 36% and 11.4% of the students respectively had severe and more severe forms of SAD. Parenting style such as parental anger, criticism particularly in front of others, exaggerated protection, maltreatment and family provocation emerged as a significant risk factor for SAD. The independent predictors of SAD were a parental provocation and physical or emotional maltreatment by the parent (odds ratio [OR] = 3.97, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.90–8.31 and OR = 2.67, 95% CI: 3.17–5.19, respectively). CONCLUSION: The prevalence of SAD in secondary school students at Abha is high. Parenting style risk factors for SAD are modifiable. In this context, a national program to improve mental health in this age group is crucial. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4745198/ /pubmed/26929726 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8229.172226 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Journal of Family and Community Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Ghazwani, Jaafar Y. Khalil, Shamsun N. Ahmed, Razia A. Social anxiety disorder in Saudi adolescent boys: Prevalence, subtypes, and parenting style as a risk factor |
title | Social anxiety disorder in Saudi adolescent boys: Prevalence, subtypes, and parenting style as a risk factor |
title_full | Social anxiety disorder in Saudi adolescent boys: Prevalence, subtypes, and parenting style as a risk factor |
title_fullStr | Social anxiety disorder in Saudi adolescent boys: Prevalence, subtypes, and parenting style as a risk factor |
title_full_unstemmed | Social anxiety disorder in Saudi adolescent boys: Prevalence, subtypes, and parenting style as a risk factor |
title_short | Social anxiety disorder in Saudi adolescent boys: Prevalence, subtypes, and parenting style as a risk factor |
title_sort | social anxiety disorder in saudi adolescent boys: prevalence, subtypes, and parenting style as a risk factor |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4745198/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26929726 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8229.172226 |
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