Social anxiety: risk factors of social interactional anxiety and performance anxiety among medical students
| dc.contributor.author | Che Mat, Khairi | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-08-24T06:17:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-08-24T06:17:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2002 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Social anxiety can be conceptualized into social interactional anxiety and social performance anxiety as two broad categories of feared situations. Assessment of social anxiety in medical students would help them understand the situation and avoiding its consequences. Understanding its risk factors would enable early detection and intervention. To determine the factors associated with social anxiety according to Social Performance Anxiety (SPS) and Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS) among medical students. The demographic determinants and correlation of depressive symptoms with severe social anxiety will be assessed. A cross sectional study with purposive sampling was conducted among first year and fourth year medical students and first year health science students as a comparison. The students were asked to fill-up a booklet with questionnaires of Social Performance Anxiety (SPS), Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS), State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and Beck Depression Inventory {801). Students were categorized into two groups: those with severe social anxiety symptoms and those with low social anxiety symptoms. Risk factors and associated clinical condition were assessed. Social anxiety symptoms are more marked in first year students of both faculties. Demographic factors that significantly associated with social anxiety were female, Malay race, younger age and rural residence, while firstborn was not. Social interactional anxiety and social performance anxiety are positively correlated with depressive scores. Social anxiety symptoms are highly prevalent in young adult and if goes untreated would lead to academic difficulties and associated clinical condition such as depression. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4418 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Universiti Sains Malaysia | en_US |
| dc.subject | Social anxiety | en_US |
| dc.title | Social anxiety: risk factors of social interactional anxiety and performance anxiety among medical students | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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