Pathways from maternal shyness to adolescent social anxiety.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social anxiety is amongst the most prevalent adolescent mental health problems; however, it is often unrecognized due to its comorbidity with other anxiety problems such as generalized anxiety. Thus, understanding the unique developmental pathways to social anxiety is critical for improving its prevention. We examined the pathway from maternal shyness, when children were 4 years old, to adolescents' social anxiety at age 15 through social wariness at age 7. We hypothesized that childhood social wariness would mediate the association between maternal shyness and social anxiety in adolescence.

Methods

Participants (N = 291; 54% female) were followed from early childhood to adolescence. Mothers reported on their own shyness when children were 4 years old. Social wari

SUBMITTER: Zeytinoglu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9394112 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature