Social Anxiety and Taijin Kyofusho among Taiwanese University Students in Hualien: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Social Phobia Symptoms
碩士 === 國立東華大學 === 臺灣文化學系 === 106 === Social anxiety disorder is an anxiety disorder with varying degrees of severity. The central feature of social anxiety disorder (SAD) is the fear of negative evaluation by others. Previous studies suggest that there are differences in reports of social anxiety an...
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2018
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| Online Access: | http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/6kf828 |
| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立東華大學 === 臺灣文化學系 === 106 === Social anxiety disorder is an anxiety disorder with varying degrees of severity. The central feature of social anxiety disorder (SAD) is the fear of negative evaluation by others. Previous studies suggest that there are differences in reports of social anxiety and social anxiety disorder across cultures. Taijin kyofusho has frequently been discussed as a culture-specific expression of SAD that is believed to be particularly prevalent in Japanese and Korean cultures. The aim of this study was to determine to which degree social anxiety and a culture-specific expression of SAD – taijin kyofusho are present among Taiwanese students when compared with international students. Taiwanese university students and international students studying in Taiwan were given two types of questionnaires: Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) used for measuring severity of symptoms of social anxiety and taijin kyofusho Scale (TKS) used for measuring severity of symptoms of taijin kyofusho. A total of 300 participants were included for the data analysis. The results showed that there was no significant difference for international students when compared with domestic Taiwanese students. Taiwanese students scored higher on TKS questionnaires measuring taijin kyofusho than students from non-Asian cultures. Older participants scored lower on social anxiety questionnaires without regard to their country of origin.
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