ETIOLOGICAL FACTORS IN ADOLESCENT SOCIAL PHOBIA

青少年社交恐惧症的病因

• 批准号: 6607022
• 负责人: HEIDI M INDERBITZEN-NOLAN
• 金额: $ 12.02万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-06-01 至 2005-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6607022
• 关键词: adolescence (12-20); behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; disease /disorder etiology; human subject; phobias; social behavior disorders

Mental health professionals have only recently begun to appreciate the staggering prevalence of child and adolescent psychopathology. One particular anxiety disorder that has received limited research attention and, yet, has significant consequences for youth is social phobia. Although research in the area of social phobia in youth is very limited, there has been a plethora of research examining this disorder in adults over the last several years. Theories concerned with the etiology and maintenance of this disorder have often focused on behavioral, cognitive and physiological factors. Although all three of these factors (behavior, cognitions, and physiological arousal) have been found to be related to social phobia in adults, there has been extremely limited research looking at whether these same three factors are related to social phobia in youth. Thus, the purpose of the present study is to examine the role that behaviors, cognitions, and physiological arousal play in social phobia in adolescents. Participants will be approximately 450 youth, 13 to 17 years of age and their parents. Participants will be recruited through flyers mailed to the homes of parents with youth enrolled in the public schools between the ages of 13 and 17. It is expected that approximately 225-300 of the youth will be classified into one of three groups (social phobic, socially anxious, and normal controls) using information gathered from diagnostic interviews and questionnaires. Youth in the three different groups will be compared with regard to their performance on several cognitive tasks (i.e, Stroop task and several memory tasks), physiological arousal (i.e., cortisol levels, heart rate, blood pressure, and body temperature), and behavioral skills during two behavioral role-plays (i.e., an contribute to the overall body of literature on social phobia, will extend the research investigating social phobia in adolescents, and will suggest important avenues for the development of effective treatment programs for youth with social phobia.

心理健康专家直到最近才开始意识到 儿童和青少年精神病理学的惊人流行。一 特别是焦虑症，受到了有限的研究关注， 然而，对青少年有重大影响的是社交恐惧症。虽然研究 在青少年社交恐惧症的领域是非常有限的， 在过去的几年里，过多的研究在成年人中检查这种疾病， 年与这种疾病的病因和维持有关的理论 通常关注行为、认知和生理因素。虽然 所有这三个因素（行为、认知和生理唤醒） 与成人的社交恐惧症有关， 关于这三个因素是否 与青少年社交恐惧症有关因此，本研究的目的是 研究行为，认知和生理唤醒在 青少年社交恐惧症与会者将约450名青年，13 17岁的孩子和他们的父母参与者将通过以下方式招募： 将传单邮寄到有孩子在公立学校就读的家长家中 年龄在13到17岁之间预计约有225-300名 青少年将被分为三类（社交恐惧症，社交恐惧症， 焦虑和正常对照）使用从诊断中收集的信息， 访谈和问卷调查。三个不同群体的青年将 比较他们在几个认知任务上的表现（即， Stroop任务和几种记忆任务）、生理唤醒（即，皮质醇 水平，心率，血压和体温），以及行为 在两个行为角色扮演期间的技能（即，对整个 社会恐怖症的文献，将扩大研究调查 青少年的社交恐惧症，并将建议重要的途径， 为患有社交恐惧症的青少年制定有效的治疗方案。