Fobia social em estudantes universitários
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 t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade Nove de Julho
2008-01-01
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| Series: | ConScientiae Saúde |
| Online Access: | http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=92970116 |
| Summary: | 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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| ISSN: | 1677-1028 1983-9324 |