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Peer Victimization and Onset of Social Anxiety Disorder in Children and Adolescents

Background: In the literature, several studies have proposed that children and adolescents with social anxiety had experienced previously victimization from peers and siblings. The aim of this review was to contribute to the updating of recent findings about the relationship between peer victimizati...

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Autores principales: Pontillo, Maria, Tata, Maria Cristina, Averna, Roberto, Demaria, Francesco, Gargiullo, Prisca, Guerrera, Silvia, Pucciarini, Maria Laura, Santonastaso, Ornella, Vicari, Stefano
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6627045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31174384
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci9060132
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author Pontillo, Maria
Tata, Maria Cristina
Averna, Roberto
Demaria, Francesco
Gargiullo, Prisca
Guerrera, Silvia
Pucciarini, Maria Laura
Santonastaso, Ornella
Vicari, Stefano
author_facet Pontillo, Maria
Tata, Maria Cristina
Averna, Roberto
Demaria, Francesco
Gargiullo, Prisca
Guerrera, Silvia
Pucciarini, Maria Laura
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description Background: In the literature, several studies have proposed that children and adolescents with social anxiety had experienced previously victimization from peers and siblings. The aim of this review was to contribute to the updating of recent findings about the relationship between peer victimization and onset of social anxiety in children and adolescents. Methods: A selective review of literature published between 2011 and 2018 on Social Anxiety Disorder in children and adolescents that experienced peer victimization during childhood and adolescence. Results: Seventeen studies are included. All studies showed that peer victimization is positively correlated to the presence of social anxiety. Moreover, the perpetration of peer victimization may contribute to the maintenance and the exacerbation of social anxiety symptoms. Conclusions: In children and adolescents with Social Anxiety Disorder, it is necessary to evaluate firstly the presence of peer victimization experiences. Subsequently, therapeutics programs targeted to elaborate these experiences and to reduce the anticipatory anxiety and the avoidance that characterized these children and adolescents can be proposed.
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spelling pubmed-66270452019-07-19 Peer Victimization and Onset of Social Anxiety Disorder in Children and Adolescents Pontillo, Maria Tata, Maria Cristina Averna, Roberto Demaria, Francesco Gargiullo, Prisca Guerrera, Silvia Pucciarini, Maria Laura Santonastaso, Ornella Vicari, Stefano Brain Sci Review Background: In the literature, several studies have proposed that children and adolescents with social anxiety had experienced previously victimization from peers and siblings. The aim of this review was to contribute to the updating of recent findings about the relationship between peer victimization and onset of social anxiety in children and adolescents. Methods: A selective review of literature published between 2011 and 2018 on Social Anxiety Disorder in children and adolescents that experienced peer victimization during childhood and adolescence. Results: Seventeen studies are included. All studies showed that peer victimization is positively correlated to the presence of social anxiety. Moreover, the perpetration of peer victimization may contribute to the maintenance and the exacerbation of social anxiety symptoms. Conclusions: In children and adolescents with Social Anxiety Disorder, it is necessary to evaluate firstly the presence of peer victimization experiences. Subsequently, therapeutics programs targeted to elaborate these experiences and to reduce the anticipatory anxiety and the avoidance that characterized these children and adolescents can be proposed. MDPI 2019-06-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6627045/ /pubmed/31174384 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci9060132 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Tata, Maria Cristina
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Demaria, Francesco
Gargiullo, Prisca
Guerrera, Silvia
Pucciarini, Maria Laura
Santonastaso, Ornella
Vicari, Stefano
Peer Victimization and Onset of Social Anxiety Disorder in Children and Adolescents
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title_fullStr Peer Victimization and Onset of Social Anxiety Disorder in Children and Adolescents
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title_short Peer Victimization and Onset of Social Anxiety Disorder in Children and Adolescents
title_sort peer victimization and onset of social anxiety disorder in children and adolescents
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6627045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31174384
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci9060132
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