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Social Anxiety Among Adolescents: Linkages with Peer Relations and Friendships
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This study examined the utility of modifying the Social Anxiety Scale for Children-Revised (SASC-R) for use with adolescents, and examined associations between adolescents' social anxiety (SA) and their peer relations, friendships, and social functioning. Boys (n = 101) and girls (n = 149) in the 10th through 12th grades completed the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A) and measures of social support, perceived competence, and number and quality of their best friendships. Factor analysis of the SAS-A confirmed a three-factor structure: Fear of Negative Evaluation, Social Avoidance and Distress in General, and Social Avoidance Specific to New Situations or Unfamiliar Peers. Girls reported more SA than boys, and SA was more strongly linked to girls' social functioning than boys'. Specifically, adolescents with higher levels of SA reported poorer social functioning (less support from classmates, less social acceptance), and girls with higher levels of SA reported fewer friendships, and less intimacy, companionship, and support in their close friendships. These findings extend work on the SASC-R to adolescents, and suggest the importance of SA for understanding the social functioning and close friendships of adolescents, especially girls.
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“Both SET-C and fluoxetine performed better than placebo at reducing social distress, behavioral avoidance and better at increasing the youths general functioning.”
From The risks versus the benefits of pharmacological intervention in social anxiety disorder in children (2025) · cites this paper as [50]
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“Other side effects were observed such as diarrhea, heartburn, facial pallor and fatigue.”
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“SET-C was the only treatment performing better than placebo at improving social skills and rating of social competence while decreasing anxiety in specific social interactions.”
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“Fluoxetine reached its peak in terms of positive effects by eight weeks, whereas SET-C continued to exert positive effects through week 12.”
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“As for side-effects, the fluoxetine group participants displayed higher ratings of nausea severity as a side effect, significantly differentiating the two groups (p < .05).”
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“Social anxiety disorder is one of the most common types of anxiety disorder with the feelings of anxiety, fear, and uneasiness in social situations such as meeting new people and answering a question in a class [3,4].”
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“Social anxiety is a risk factor for a wide range of negative consequences in different aspects of social interaction (Cuming & Rapee, 2010;La Greca & Lopez, 1998;Larkins, 2014).”
From Social anxiety mediates the effect of attachment to parents on friendships and loneliness during the college transition (2023) · cites this paper as La Greca & Lopez, 1998
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“However, stronger associations between social anxiety and social functioning and friendship quality have been observed among women than men in some prior research (Biggs et al., 2012, La Greca & Lopez 1998;Vernberg et al., 1992), although these effects are not consistently observed in other studies (Brook & Willoughby, 2015;Tillfors et al., 2012).”
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“Compared to men, women are more attached to their peers, report higher peer trust and are more communicative (Gorrese & Ruggiere, 2012), show higher social skills and self-efficacy, have more mutual friendships (Erath et al., 2010), are more socially anxious (La Greca & Lopez, 1998;Selfhout et al., 2009), and selfreport greater positive friendship quality (Weimer et al., 2004).”
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“There is accumulating evidence that gender differences exist in attachment, social anxiety, and domains of experiences within close relationships.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- La Greca, A. M., & Lopez, N.
- Affiliations
- University of Miami (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
- Published
- 1998-04
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 83-94
- ISSN
- 0091-0627 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-2835
- OpenAlex
- W1498181550
- Cited by
- 1,656
- References
- 32
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- FWCI
- 15.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01-MH48028)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Keywords
- social anxiety, adolescents, peer relationships, friendship, Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents, social functioning, social support, perceived competence, gender differences, fear of negative evaluation, social avoidance, friendship quality, social acceptance
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Psychology, Adolescent, Age Factors, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Peer Group, Personality Inventory, Phobic Disorders, Psychometrics, Sex Factors, Social Support
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