Social phobia of Ethiopian students: meta-analysis and systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social anxiety disorder is defined as the fear of social situations, incorporating situations that involve contact with strangers. People highly fear embarrassing themselves which includes situations like social gatherings, oral presentations, and meeting new people. People with social phobia have nonspecific fears of practicing vague or, performing specific tasks like eating or speaking in front of others. In people with social anxiety disorder, worry can arise from both the circumstance itself and embarrassment from others, for students, social phobia is an overwhelming fear of speaking in front of others or giving presentations in class. The prevalence of social phobia among different studies in Ethiopia was inconsistent and inconclusive therefore, this study showed t

SUBMITTER: Melkam M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10012574 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature