Open AccessSocial anxiety disorder in Saudi adolescent boys: Prevalence, subtypes, and parenting style as a risk factor
Author(s) -
Jaafar Y Ghazwani,
Shamsun Nahar Khalil,
Razia Aftab Ahmed
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of family and community medicine/maǧalaẗ ṭib al-usraẗ wa al-muǧtamaʼ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-340X
pISSN - 1319-1683
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8229.172226
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , anxiety , psychology , anger , clinical psychology , odds ratio , parenting styles , social anxiety , psychiatry , medicine , demography , paleontology , pathology , biology , sociology
Available information on social anxiety disorder (SAD) in adolescents in Saudi Arabia is limited. The objective of the study was to estimate the prevalence, severity, and subtypes of SAD, and parenting style risk factors associated with SAD in the adolescent.