Severe Social Anxiety Among Adolescents During COVID-19 Lockdown

Itani, Mohamad H.; Eltannir, Ekram; Tinawi, Hayat; Daher, Dima; El-Tannir, Akram A.; Moukarzel, Adib

doi:10.1177/23743735211038386

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“…During the pandemic, mental illness has also caused problems such as insomnia, alcoholism, suicide, and smartphone addiction ( 50 – 52 ). These seriously affect the quality of life of people, especially adolescents ( 53 ); teenagers, college students, older adults ( 54 ); health care workers ( 55 – 57 ); and pregnant women ( 58 , 59 ).…”

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The evolution of research on depression during COVID-19: A visual analysis using Co-Occurrence and VOSviewer

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Front. Public Health

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BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has led to public health problems, including depression. There has been a significant increase in research on depression during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, little attention has been paid to the overall trend in this field based on bibliometric analyses.MethodsCo-Occurrence (COOC) and VOSviewer bibliometric methods were utilized to analyze depression in COVID-19 literature in the core collection of the Web of Science (WOS). The overall characteristics of depression during COVID-19 were summarized by analyzing the number of published studies, keywords, institutions, and countries.ResultsA total of 9,694 English original research articles and reviews on depression during COVID-19 were included in this study. The United States, China, and the United Kingdom were the countries with the largest number of publications and had close cooperation with each other. Research institutions in each country were dominated by universities, with the University of Toronto being the most productive institution in the world. The most frequently published author was Ligang Zhang. Visualization analysis showed that influencing factors, adverse effects, and coping strategies were hotspots for research.ConclusionThe results shed light on the burgeoning research on depression during COVID-19, particularly the relationship between depression and public health. In addition, future research on depression during COVID-19 should focus more on special groups and those at potential risk of depression in the general population, use more quantitative and qualitative studies combined with more attention to scale updates, and conduct longitudinal follow-ups of the outcomes of interventions. In conclusion, this study contributes to a more comprehensive view of the development of depression during COVID-19 and suggests a theoretical basis for future research on public health.

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The evolution of research on depression during COVID-19: A visual analysis using Co-Occurrence and VOSviewer

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“…and difficulties in concentrating [ 4 , 5 ], all hindering youth motivation with respect to studying. In this regard, one can assume that the absence of in-person contacts with classmates and teachers could lead to a sense of uncertainty in students and teachers regarding school performance, thereby leading to feelings of anxiety and worry [ 8 , 26 ]. Moreover, all participants had to adapt to new and unusual ways of schooling, as lessons are traditionally held in a classroom, which allows youth to find a source of comradeship with their classmates, which was rendered difficult by the massive restrictions on in-person contacts.…”

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Perception of Changing Habits among Italian Children and Adolescents during COVID-19 Quarantine: An Epidemiological Study

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We used an epidemiological study to explore the perception of change in several psychosocial dimensions during the COVID-19 quarantine. We focused on emotions, use of social network sites (SNSs), family life, important relationships, body functions, and school life. Using snowball recruitment, N = 1047 Italian children, pre-adolescents, and adolescents (M = 13.74 ± 3.59) were selected to complete ad hoc online questionnaires. A differential semantic inventory plot was prepared to analyze the emotional experience of children, pre-adolescents, and adolescents during quarantine compared to the pre-quarantine period. The Kruskal–Wallis test was run to assess gender and age differences in emotions experienced, habitual SNS use, and the experience of attending classes remotely. A post hoc Wilcoxon test was performed to compare such differences. Results showed that most of the sample (93.1%) attended classes using technological devices and reported missing their classmates very much (59.3%). Adolescents experienced more negative emotions (M = 3.69 ± 1.33) than pre-adolescents (M = 4.64 ± 1.32), who experienced negative emotions more than children (M = 5.11 ± 1.24). Females were more prone to experience negative emotions compared to males. Adolescents were also the most prolific SNS users (78.1%), particularly female adolescents. Overall, these finding highlight the necessity of preserving the emotional state and relational well-being of youth in these developmental phases by considering their school and social lives.

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“…The results suggest that automatic approachavoidance tendencies may function to counterbalance the negative impacts of reduced social interaction, with important implications for understanding public resilience during time of crisis, and beyond. Mohamad H. Itani 5 , did a study on "Severe Social Anxiety Among Adolescents During COVID-19 Lockdown". A total of 178 adolescents attending the private clinics of the authors were screened online for the presence of SSA, by using the self-reporting format of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale for children and adolescents (LSASCA).…”

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“…It is often associated with functional impairment in social and occupational domains and in daily activities. 5 These changes and new measures of COVID-19 concern access to almost all activities of daily living, accessing resources, mobility, communication, social isolation, displacement, work, education with consequences on and changes in the way they use and access occupations. 6 Liebowitz social anxiety scale is a comprehensive scale that measures both fear and avoidance of the types of situations which students may commonly experience.…”

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To Assess Anxiety and Phobia in Female College Going Students for Resuming College after Covid-19 Confinement: A Pilot Study

Firdous Mohammad Ikram,

Shubha Arora

2022

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The pandemic is causing people to feel anxious, distressed, or worried due to fear of contracting the virus, isolation and quarantine measures, and fear of a long-term impact of the global disruption.Aim/Objective: The aim of this study is asses fear/anxiety and avoidance in female hostel students for resuming college after COVID-19 confinement. Methods:The study included 30 college going female hostel students between ages 20-25 years. Participants was assessed for level of anxiety and phobia on 24 items Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale. Analysis of data was done using independent sample test.Results: Mean and standard deviation for fear/anxiety, avoidance and total scores were (31.9 ± 6.38), (32.3 ± 7.86) and (64.2 ± 10.35) respectively. Fear/Anxiety and Total Scores reflects P Value ≤ 0.05 which is highly significant. Conclusions:It was found Total of 30 subjects were taken out of which 70% were moderate, 13% were marked and 17% were severe anxiety/phobia. After 2.5 years of confinement, data revealed that maximum level were falling in moderate social anxiety followed by marked, whereas severe social anxiety were the least scorers. So it is aforesaid that above levels are falling in clinically significant ranges. Being Occupational Therapist, they all require treatment approach in form of counselling, creating and joining the group dynamics physically. Relaxation technology, deep breathing exercise, visual imagery can be helpful in the above.

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Severe Social Anxiety Among Adolescents During COVID-19 Lockdown

Cited by 13 publications

References 55 publications

The evolution of research on depression during COVID-19: A visual analysis using Co-Occurrence and VOSviewer

The evolution of research on depression during COVID-19: A visual analysis using Co-Occurrence and VOSviewer

Perception of Changing Habits among Italian Children and Adolescents during COVID-19 Quarantine: An Epidemiological Study

To Assess Anxiety and Phobia in Female College Going Students for Resuming College after Covid-19 Confinement: A Pilot Study

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