Background: Social phobia disrupts students in their academic career. The aim of this research work was to study this anxious disorder impact on the academic performance among students from the University of Parakou (...Background: Social phobia disrupts students in their academic career. The aim of this research work was to study this anxious disorder impact on the academic performance among students from the University of Parakou (UP). Study methods: It was a descriptive cross-sectional study with prospective data collection among 363 students recruited through systematic random sampling from April to June 2015 at the campus of the UP. A questionnaire including the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI), the Liebowitz social anxiety intensity evaluation scale and the ASSIST was used for data collection in compliance with recommended ethical principles. Results and Conclusion Social phobia prevalence among students from the campus of University of Parakou was 11. 6% [CI<sub>95%</sub> = 10. 9 - 21. 2]. Its intensity was moderate (66.7%), medium (23.4%), severe (7.1%) and very severe (4.8%) only among female students. Moreover, gender, rural or urban living environment and field of study were statistically associated with this social phobia which reduced academic performance by 57.1%, among the studied population. However, 42.9% were not influenced in any way. Addiction to alcoholic beverages (23.8%) and anxiolytics (9.5%) were used to overcome the disorder. Although the risk of dependency to these substances was low, adverse effects on their health and socio-professional future were to be taken seriously.展开更多
Great progress has been observed in the literature over the last decade regarding the validation of instruments for the assessment of Social Anxiety Disorder in the Brazilian context. Particularly outstanding in this ...Great progress has been observed in the literature over the last decade regarding the validation of instruments for the assessment of Social Anxiety Disorder in the Brazilian context. Particularly outstanding in this respect is the production of a group of Brazilian investigators regarding the psychometric study of the following instruments: Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale, Social Phobia Inventory, Brief Social Phobia Scale, Disability Profile, Liebowitz Self-Rated Disability Scale, Social Phobia Safety Behaviors Scale and Self-Statements During Public Speaking Scale, which have proved to be appropriate and valid for use in the adult Brazilian population, representing resources for the assessment of social anxiety in clinical and experimental situations.展开更多
AIM: To investigate the influence of ethnicity in social anxiety disorder(SAD), and the relationship with symptom severity, depression and substance use or abuse, in health sciences' students.METHODS: This was a c...AIM: To investigate the influence of ethnicity in social anxiety disorder(SAD), and the relationship with symptom severity, depression and substance use or abuse, in health sciences' students.METHODS: This was a cross-sectional survey of 112 1st, 2nd and 3rd year students from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa. The self-reported Social Anxiety Spectrum questionnaire was used to assess for SAD. The Social Phobia Inventory(SPIN) was adapted to a version called the E-SPIN(Ethnic-SPIN) in order to evaluate the effects of ethnicity. Two sub-questions per stem question were included to assess whether SAD symptoms in social interactions were ethnicity dependent. Substance use was assessed with the Alcohol UseDisorders Identification Test and Drug Use Disorders Identification Test, and depression with the Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale.RESULTS: Of 112 students who completed the E-SPIN questionnaire, 54.4%(n = 61) met criteria for SAD, with significantly more females than males meeting criteria. Ethnicity had a significant effect on SAD symptomatology, but there was no effect of ethnicity on the rates of drug and alcohol abuse in students with and without SAD. Overall significantly more students with SAD met criteria for depression compared with students without the disorder. CONCLUSION: Among university students, SAD is prevalent regardless of whether interactions are with individuals of the same or different ethnic group. However, ethnicity may be an important determinant of social anxiety for some ethnic groups. SAD was significantly associated with major depression but not significantly associated with drug or alcohol abuse.展开更多
目的：调查大学生媒体多任务操作的特点、与媒体多任务操作相关的个性因素,以及媒体多任务操作与抑郁、社交恐怖等不良情绪的关系.方法：在北京某大学BBS上发帖,通过网络在线问卷调查238名大学生.使用媒体使用问卷（MUQ）测查媒体使用...目的：调查大学生媒体多任务操作的特点、与媒体多任务操作相关的个性因素,以及媒体多任务操作与抑郁、社交恐怖等不良情绪的关系.方法：在北京某大学BBS上发帖,通过网络在线问卷调查238名大学生.使用媒体使用问卷（MUQ）测查媒体使用情况及媒体多任务操作程度（即媒体多任务操作指数,MMI）,用感觉寻求量表（SSS）、流调中心用抑郁量表（CESD）、社交恐怖症量表（SPIN）和艾森克个性问卷（EPQ）测查个体感觉寻求水平、抑郁水平、社交恐怖水平和人格特点.结果：本组大学生MMI均值为（3.2±1.4）.男生比女生花更多时间进行信息搜索（中位数：1.3 h vs.1.0 h）和游戏（中位数：0.7 h vs.0.2 h）,女生比男生花更多的时间进行社会交互（中位数：1.9 h vs.1.6 h）和看电影（中位数：1.3 h vs.1.0 h）,均P≤0.05.MMI得分与媒体使用的总时间、SSS的放纵欲望和厌恶单调得分、精神质得分、CESD得分、SPIN得分均正相关（r=0.18～0.31,均P＜0.05）.回归分析表明,在控制感觉寻求和人格等因素后,MMI仍能解释抑郁3％的变异和社交恐怖2％的变异.结论：大学生在一个媒体活动的时间段内平均同时进行多种媒体活动;男生和女生偏好不同的媒体活动.高感觉寻求水平和高精神质水平的个体更倾向于进行媒体多任务操作;媒体多任务操作和抑郁及社交恐怖相关.展开更多
文摘Background: Social phobia disrupts students in their academic career. The aim of this research work was to study this anxious disorder impact on the academic performance among students from the University of Parakou (UP). Study methods: It was a descriptive cross-sectional study with prospective data collection among 363 students recruited through systematic random sampling from April to June 2015 at the campus of the UP. A questionnaire including the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI), the Liebowitz social anxiety intensity evaluation scale and the ASSIST was used for data collection in compliance with recommended ethical principles. Results and Conclusion Social phobia prevalence among students from the campus of University of Parakou was 11. 6% [CI<sub>95%</sub> = 10. 9 - 21. 2]. Its intensity was moderate (66.7%), medium (23.4%), severe (7.1%) and very severe (4.8%) only among female students. Moreover, gender, rural or urban living environment and field of study were statistically associated with this social phobia which reduced academic performance by 57.1%, among the studied population. However, 42.9% were not influenced in any way. Addiction to alcoholic beverages (23.8%) and anxiolytics (9.5%) were used to overcome the disorder. Although the risk of dependency to these substances was low, adverse effects on their health and socio-professional future were to be taken seriously.
文摘Great progress has been observed in the literature over the last decade regarding the validation of instruments for the assessment of Social Anxiety Disorder in the Brazilian context. Particularly outstanding in this respect is the production of a group of Brazilian investigators regarding the psychometric study of the following instruments: Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale, Social Phobia Inventory, Brief Social Phobia Scale, Disability Profile, Liebowitz Self-Rated Disability Scale, Social Phobia Safety Behaviors Scale and Self-Statements During Public Speaking Scale, which have proved to be appropriate and valid for use in the adult Brazilian population, representing resources for the assessment of social anxiety in clinical and experimental situations.
基金Supported by The South African Research Chairs Initiative of the Department of Science and Technology and the National Research Foundation
文摘AIM: To investigate the influence of ethnicity in social anxiety disorder(SAD), and the relationship with symptom severity, depression and substance use or abuse, in health sciences' students.METHODS: This was a cross-sectional survey of 112 1st, 2nd and 3rd year students from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa. The self-reported Social Anxiety Spectrum questionnaire was used to assess for SAD. The Social Phobia Inventory(SPIN) was adapted to a version called the E-SPIN(Ethnic-SPIN) in order to evaluate the effects of ethnicity. Two sub-questions per stem question were included to assess whether SAD symptoms in social interactions were ethnicity dependent. Substance use was assessed with the Alcohol UseDisorders Identification Test and Drug Use Disorders Identification Test, and depression with the Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale.RESULTS: Of 112 students who completed the E-SPIN questionnaire, 54.4%(n = 61) met criteria for SAD, with significantly more females than males meeting criteria. Ethnicity had a significant effect on SAD symptomatology, but there was no effect of ethnicity on the rates of drug and alcohol abuse in students with and without SAD. Overall significantly more students with SAD met criteria for depression compared with students without the disorder. CONCLUSION: Among university students, SAD is prevalent regardless of whether interactions are with individuals of the same or different ethnic group. However, ethnicity may be an important determinant of social anxiety for some ethnic groups. SAD was significantly associated with major depression but not significantly associated with drug or alcohol abuse.
文摘目的：调查大学生媒体多任务操作的特点、与媒体多任务操作相关的个性因素,以及媒体多任务操作与抑郁、社交恐怖等不良情绪的关系.方法：在北京某大学BBS上发帖,通过网络在线问卷调查238名大学生.使用媒体使用问卷（MUQ）测查媒体使用情况及媒体多任务操作程度（即媒体多任务操作指数,MMI）,用感觉寻求量表（SSS）、流调中心用抑郁量表（CESD）、社交恐怖症量表（SPIN）和艾森克个性问卷（EPQ）测查个体感觉寻求水平、抑郁水平、社交恐怖水平和人格特点.结果：本组大学生MMI均值为（3.2±1.4）.男生比女生花更多时间进行信息搜索（中位数：1.3 h vs.1.0 h）和游戏（中位数：0.7 h vs.0.2 h）,女生比男生花更多的时间进行社会交互（中位数：1.9 h vs.1.6 h）和看电影（中位数：1.3 h vs.1.0 h）,均P≤0.05.MMI得分与媒体使用的总时间、SSS的放纵欲望和厌恶单调得分、精神质得分、CESD得分、SPIN得分均正相关（r=0.18～0.31,均P＜0.05）.回归分析表明,在控制感觉寻求和人格等因素后,MMI仍能解释抑郁3％的变异和社交恐怖2％的变异.结论：大学生在一个媒体活动的时间段内平均同时进行多种媒体活动;男生和女生偏好不同的媒体活动.高感觉寻求水平和高精神质水平的个体更倾向于进行媒体多任务操作;媒体多任务操作和抑郁及社交恐怖相关.
