Social Phobia among university students

Authors

  • Larissa Zeggio Perez Figueredo UNINOVE, SP
  • Ronaldo Vieira Barbosa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5585/conssaude.v7i1.704

Keywords:

Fobia social, Medo da avaliação negativa, Transtornos de ansiedade, Universitários.

Abstract

Social phobia is an anxiety disturbance known by its huge fear of situations related with social exposure or social contact. One of the most frequent manifestations of the social phobia (SP) is the fright of public speech, quite common in university group of people. The object of this study was to evaluate the response of university students, which have mentioned fear of public speech at academic conferences. Three students from both genders have participated of this study and had been evaluated by a semi-focused interview and by a negative evaluation fear scale. Participants referred physic (Tachycardia, facial blush, shaking, perspiration), behavior (avoid, freezing and flight) and cognitive symptoms (negative evaluation, humiliation) compatible to the diagnosis of SP during academic presentations. Scale plotting was similar to interview results. The profile of the data from this study corroborates literature findings.

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Author Biographies

Larissa Zeggio Perez Figueredo, UNINOVE, SP

Mestre em Psicobiologia pela Universidade Federal de São Paulo, UNIFESP; Doutoranda em Psicobiologia pela Universidade Federal de São Paulo, UNIFESP; Professora de graduação e pós-graduação, atualmente leciona na UNINOVE nas disciplinas de Estágio Básico supervisionado do curso de Psicologia.

Ronaldo Vieira Barbosa

Estudante do curso de psicologia da UNINOVE.

Published

2008-11-25

How to Cite

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Figueredo LZP, Barbosa RV. Social Phobia among university students. Cons. Saúde [Internet]. 2008 Nov. 25 [cited 2024 Jul. 17];7(1):109-16. Available from: https://periodicos.uninove.br/saude/article/view/704

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