Habilidades sociais na agorafobia e fobia social

Abstract

RESUMO -Os transtornos ansiosos são freqüentemente associados ao défi cit de habilidades sociais (HS). A fobia social é o quadro mais relacionado a esse défi cit, enquanto a agorafobia é desconsiderada. O objetivo deste artigo é investigar essa associação por meio de uma revisão da literatura. Foi realizada uma busca eletrônica nas bases de dados PsycINFO, MEDLINE e SCIELO, além das referências dos trabalhos selecionados. O défi cit de HS mostrou-se mais presente nos estudos que avaliaram o desempenho de indivíduos socialmente ansiosos em tarefas não estruturadas. A agorafobia parece estar associada a um défi cit de assertividade, embora poucos estudos tenham sido conduzidos.Palavras-chave: ansiedade; performance; assertividade. Social Skills in Agoraphobia and Social PhobiaABSTRACT -Anxiety disorders are commonly associated to social skills defi cits. Social phobia is often related to this defi cit, while agoraphobia is not considered. The purpose of this review is to investigate the literature on this association. An electronic search was conducted in the following databases: PsycINFO, MEDLINE and SCIELO, besides the references of some selected articles. Social skills defi cit were more frequent in the studies that evaluated the performance of anxious individuals on unstructured tasks. Agoraphobia appears to be associated to an assertiveness defi cit, although few studies were conducted.

The Role of Social Skills in Social Anxiety of University Students

“…It is considered that the mental health problems in university students may also favor problems in social functioning, emotional and school problems (Isolan et al, 2007), and increased stress (Fernandes & Land, 2008), which, in a certain way, restricts the possibilities for development in this crucial time for the adult, professional, and personal roles. It was verified that the literature is inconclusive regarding the relationship between anxiety and social skills, with some authors having reported such a relationship (Angélico et al, 2006) and others not (Levitan et al, 2008), which is the insertion context of this study. The results identified in this study indicate a relationship between these variables, as the clinical group was less skilled than the non-clinical group, considering the two instruments that assess social skills, endorsing the assertions made by Angélico et al (2006).…”

“…However, they warned that further studies needed to be conducted with clinical and non-clinical samples using precise diagnostic criteria, in order to support the association between social skills and social phobia. Conversely, Levitan, Rangé, and Nardi (2008), also based on a literature review, reported that only some of the studies reviewed found that social skills deficits were related to social anxiety and indicated gaps in the knowledge related to social skills.…”

“…From this perspective, it is considered that to map social skills in university students and their relationship with anxiety disorders is relevant for preventive (World Health Organization [WHO], 2004) and evidence-based Psychology (APA, 2006), as well as contributes to responding to gaps in the knowledge regarding the association of these two variables (Angélico et al, 2006;Levitan et al, 2008). Thus, the aim of this study was to compare the behavioral indicators of social skills presented by university students with social anxiety in relation to a non-clinical group, and to verify the predictive value of social skills for social anxiety…”

Condições associadas a prejuízo de desempenho em habilidades sociais em uma amostra de conveniência de usuários de crack

“…Uma condição associada a esses dados é uma sensibilidade à ansiedade, ou seja, o medo da sensação de ansiedade originado pela crença de que esta pode trazer consequências prejudiciais. Essa condição aparece fortemente associada a formas desadaptativas de processamento emocional e regulação do afeto, como uso de estratégias de evitação 20 , aspecto associado a déficits em habilidades sociais 21 .…”

Importância das técnicas de relaxamento na terapia cognitiva para ansiedade

“…O primeiro trabalha com diversos transtornos de ansiedade, transtorno do pânico (Rangé, 2001), fobia social (Levitan et al, 2008) e demais transtornos de ansiedade, como fobias específicas. O segundo trabalha de forma mais específica com o transtorno obsessivo-compulsivo, tendo desenvolvido manuais de terapia para esse transtorno assim como protocolos para terapia de grupo (Cordioli, 2014).…”