Complications during birth may increase the risk of developing social anxiety symptoms in children by their pre-teen years, reveals a new study.
Social Anxiety Disorder | Social Phobia - Causes, Risk Factors, Symptoms, Complications, Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention
Social anxiety disorder is a common mental health problem where a person is abnormally fearful of social situations, sometimes severe enough to affect daily life.
Social anxiety disorder is a common mental health problem where a person is abnormally fearful of social situations, sometimes severe enough to affect daily life.
‘Children who experienced a complicated birth are more likely to develop social anxiety symptoms later in life.’
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For the study, 149 children aged nine to 12 years were screened for behavioral inhibition--a tendency to exhibit a fearful disposition and withdrawal in unfamiliar contexts and situations--and assessed for social anxiety symptoms using parent- and child reports. Read More..
Investigators found that perinatal complications were associated with higher levels of behavioral inhibition and social anxiety symptoms.
Additionally, analyses suggested that behavioral inhibition acted as a pathway between birth complications and social anxiety symptoms.
Behavioral Inhibition During Infancy Linked to Adolescent Social Anxiety
Children who were both insecurely attached to their parents as infants and who were inhibited throughout their childhoods went on to have higher levels of social anxiety as adolescents.
Children who were both insecurely attached to their parents as infants and who were inhibited throughout their childhoods went on to have higher levels of social anxiety as adolescents.
Source-Eurekalert
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