Urbán Dori J A, García-Fernández José M, Ingles Candido J
Department of Developmental Psychology and Didactics, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain.
Department of Health Psychology, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche, Avda. de la Universidad, s/n. 03202, Elche (Alicante), Spain.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2024 Sep 9. doi: 10.1007/s10578-024-01756-5.
Research on social anxiety (SA) over the years has revealed its associations with different psychopathological symptoms. This study aims to characterize SA profiles in a sample of Spanish adolescents and explore their differences in psychopathological symptoms. Data from 1,288 Spanish students in the 15 to 18 age range (M = 16.30, SD = 0.97, 47.5% female) were collected using random cluster sampling. The Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A) and the Symptom Assessment-45 Questionnaire (SA-45) were employed. Four SA profiles were revealed by the Latent Profile Analysis (LPA): extreme SA, high SA, moderate SA, and low SA. Statistically significant differences in psychopathological symptoms were revealed by the MANOVA (effect sizes from d = -2.13 to d = -0.37). The extreme SA profile exhibited the most severe psychopathological symptoms, whereas the low SA profile displayed the mildest manifestations. Proposed interventions aim to support adolescents with SA risk profiles.
多年来对社交焦虑（SA）的研究揭示了它与不同心理病理症状的关联。本研究旨在描述西班牙青少年样本中的社交焦虑特征，并探讨他们在心理病理症状方面的差异。使用随机整群抽样收集了1288名年龄在15至18岁之间的西班牙学生的数据（M = 16.30，标准差 = 0.97，47.5%为女性）。采用了青少年社交焦虑量表（SAS - A）和症状评估 - 45问卷（SA - 45）。潜在类别分析（LPA）揭示了四种社交焦虑特征：极端社交焦虑、高度社交焦虑、中度社交焦虑和低度社交焦虑。多变量方差分析显示心理病理症状存在统计学上的显著差异（效应大小从d = -2.13到d = -0.37）。极端社交焦虑特征表现出最严重的心理病理症状，而低度社交焦虑特征表现出最轻微的症状。建议的干预措施旨在为有社交焦虑风险特征的青少年提供支持。
