Interpersonal difficulties in adolescence: a risk factor for social phobia?

Authors

  • Cándido J. Inglés
  • María Dolores Hidalgo
  • F. Xavier Méndez Carrillo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5944/rppc.vol.6.num.2.2001.3907

Keywords:

Adolescence, fear of public speaking, interpersonal difficulties, introversion, neuroticism, social phobia

Abstract

The main aim of this study was to analyse the relationship between interpersonal difficulties in adolescence, on the one hand, with social phobia (both generalized and non-generalized), and, on the other hand, with personality variables (intraversion and neuroticism). A sample of 538 schoolchildren between the ages of 12 to 18 were recruited. They then filled in the following set of self-reports: the Questionnaire about Interpersonal Difficulties for Adolescents, the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory, the Personal Report of Confidence as Speaker (shortened 12- item version), and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. Adolescents with generalized social phobia, with fear of public speaking, introverted, and emotionally instable reported more interpersonal difficulties than adolescents without generalized social phobia, without fear of public speaking, extraverted, and emotionally stable (p<0.001). The prevalence of generalized social phobia was 8.18% and was more frequent among females than among males, with a proportion of 2:1, reaching a peak in mid-adolescence (14-15 years old).

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Published

2001-05-01

How to Cite

Inglés, C. J., Hidalgo, M. D., & Méndez Carrillo, F. X. (2001). Interpersonal difficulties in adolescence: a risk factor for social phobia?. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Psychology   , 6(2), 91–104. https://doi.org/10.5944/rppc.vol.6.num.2.2001.3907

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