What’s the Worry with Social Anxiety? Comparing Cognitive Processes in Children with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Social Anxiety Disorder
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Article Title | What’s the Worry with Social Anxiety? Comparing Cognitive Processes in Children with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Social Anxiety Disorder |
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ERA Journal ID | 36158 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Hearn, Cate S. (Author), Donovan, Caroline L. (Author), Spence, Susan H. (Author), March, Sonja (Author) and Holmes, Monique C. (Author) |
Journal Title | Child Psychiatry and Human Development |
Journal Citation | 48 (5), pp. 786-795 |
Number of Pages | 10 |
Year | Oct 2017 |
Publisher | Springer |
Place of Publication | United Sates |
ISSN | 0009-398X |
1573-3327 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-016-0703-y |
Web Address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10578-016-0703-y |
Abstract | Social anxiety disorder (SAD) in children is often comorbid with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). We investigated whether worry, intolerance of uncertainty, beliefs about worry, negative problem orientation and cognitive avoidance, that are typically associated with GAD, are present in children with SAD. Participants included 60 children (8–12 years), matched on age and gender. Groups included children: with primary GAD and without SAD (GAD); with primary SAD and without GAD (SAD); and without an anxiety disorder (NAD). GAD and SAD groups scored significantly higher than the NAD group on worry, intolerance of uncertainty, negative beliefs about worry and negative problem orientation, however, they did not score differently from each other. Only the GAD group scored significantly higher than the NAD group on cognitive avoidance. These findings further understanding of the structure of SAD and suggest that the high comorbidity between SAD and GAD may be due to similar underlying processes within the disorders. |
Keywords | Social anxiety disorder; Social phobia; Child anxiety; Worry; Generalized anxiety disorder |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 320221. Psychiatry (incl. psychotherapy) |
321399. Paediatrics not elsewhere classified | |
520399. Clinical and health psychology not elsewhere classified | |
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Byline Affiliations | Griffith University |
School of Psychology and Counselling | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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