Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science, Macquarie University, Marsfield, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2009 Dec;39(12):1673-81. doi: 10.1007/s10803-009-0806-4. Epub 2009 Jul 10.
Individuals with Williams syndrome (WS) exhibit striking social behaviour that may be indicative of abnormally low social anxiety. The present research aimed to determine whether social anxiety is unusually low in WS and to replicate previous findings of increased generalised anxiety in WS using both parent and self report. Fifteen individuals with WS aged 12-28 years completed the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS) and the Children's Automatic Thoughts Scale (CATS). Their responses were compared to clinically anxious and community comparison groups matched on mental age. The findings suggest that WS is not associated with unusually low social anxiety but that generalised anxiety symptoms and physical threat thoughts are increased in WS, relative to typically developing children.
患有威廉姆斯综合征（WS）的个体表现出显著的社交行为，这可能表明他们的社交焦虑程度异常低。本研究旨在确定 WS 患者的社交焦虑是否异常低，并使用父母和自我报告来复制 WS 患者普遍存在的广泛性焦虑增加的先前发现。15 名 12-28 岁的 WS 患者完成了斯宾塞儿童焦虑量表（SCAS）和儿童自动思维量表（CATS）。他们的反应与在心理年龄上相匹配的临床焦虑和社区对照组进行了比较。研究结果表明，WS 与异常低的社交焦虑无关，但与典型发育儿童相比，WS 患者的广泛性焦虑症状和身体威胁思维增加。
