Review on Impact Factors for Social Anxiety

Authors

  • Yunqi Zhan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61173/wb2w2h53

Keywords:

Anxiety, self-esteem, environment, evaluation

Abstract

As there are more and more social situations that require people to interact with others, whatever men, women, young and old, their Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD)e should be paid attention to. These social problems may come from different place. There are both internal and external factors. In this article, the author measured 4 methods, and these social barriers were studied. These are quantifying social anxiety and interpretation bias, using questionnaires, assessing social anxiety levels using the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS), and setting up novel scenarios to observe young children’s reactions when facing strangers or new toys. Research shows that in clinical and subclinical samples, social anxiety and interpretation bias do not differ significantly. The social isolation feeling from Z generation would through social anxiety to indirect impact the willing of people share their personal information. In different ages and countries, the proportion of people meeting the criteria for social anxiety disorder varies significantly. Plus, children may through observe their parents’ anxiety reaction to learn the anxiety emotion. This research found out some factors in families, like the educational methods, the relationship between brothers and sisters and the atmosphere in home. Additionally, some tendency to be anxious come from heritage. All of these factors influence how children and teenagers develop social anxiety. This research can help people find out those kids who have social anxiety, and find out some ways which can prevent and treat it more earlier, to decrease the bad effects in study and daily lives.

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Published

2025-12-19