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Prevalence of social phobia among preparatory school students in Duhok City-Iraq
Joint Authors
Amin, Nizar M. Muhammad
Taha, Purjan Hashim
Source
The Arab Journal of Psychiatry
Issue
Vol. 23, Issue 1 (31 May. 2012), pp.3-11, 9 p.
Publisher
The Arab Federation of Psychiatrists
Publication Date
2012-05-31
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract AR
الرهاب الاجتماعي هو أحد أنواع القلق النفسي و يظهر بأعراض مختلفة قد تؤثر على التصرفات و المستوى العلمي للطلبة.
يهدف هذا البحث إلى دراسة شيوع هذه الحالة بين طلبة المرحلة الإعدادية في مدينة دهوك في إقليم كردستان العراق.
كما يهدف البحث إلى دراسة أعراض المرض و الخصائص الاجتماعية و الديموغرافية لدي المصابين.
تم اختيار 1500 طالبا و طالبة في 37 مدرسة إعدادية ضمن مدينة دهوك و ضواحيها القريبة و تمت مقابلة الطلبة باستخدام أداة معدة من التصنيف العالمي للأمراض لغرض تحديد الحا?ت وكذلك تحديد الأعراض.
أظهرت النتائج وجود هذا المرض لدى 14.4% من الطلبة ولدى الإناث أكثر من الذكور و كذلك بنسبة أعلى في المدارس المهنية و الطلبة من العائلات ذوي الدخل المتدني.
الأكل أو التكلم أمام الآخرين كانت من الأعراض الأكثر شيوعا غير أن هذا المرض لم يثبت تأثيره على أداء الطلبة في المدرسة.
Abstract EN
ackground: Social Phobia (SP) is a persistent fear of one or more social or performance situations, associated with anxiety symptoms and the avoidance of these situations.
Different prevalence rates were reported in the literature.
Objectives: This study aims to identify the prevalence of SP among preparatory school students, socio-demographic characters, and individual symptoms of (SP) and to investigate the effect of SP on the students' school performance.
Method: One thousand five hundred students were selected randomly from 37 preparatory schools in the town of Duhok and its territories.
These students were interviewed using the International Diagnostic Checklist for ICD-10 Social Phobia and their school performance was studied too.
Results: The results showed that the prevalence of SP in the preparatory school students is (14.4%).
Female students had higher rates than males with ratio of (1.88:1).
Higher rates of SP were found in vocational schools (commercial and industrial) and those with low financial income.
Eating or speaking in public appeared to be the most common feared situations avoided by the students with SP.
The condition did not affect the scholastic achievement of the students.
Conclusions: A significant difference was found between the rates of SP and different socio-demographic characters.
Social Phobia appeared to have no effect on the students' scholastic performance according to the local school evaluations system
American Psychological Association (APA)
Amin, Nizar M. Muhammad& Taha, Purjan Hashim. 2012. Prevalence of social phobia among preparatory school students in Duhok City-Iraq. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry،Vol. 23, no. 1, pp.3-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-360097
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Amin, Nizar M. Muhammad& Taha, Purjan Hashim. Prevalence of social phobia among preparatory school students in Duhok City-Iraq. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry Vol. 23, no. 1 (May. 2012), pp.3-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-360097
American Medical Association (AMA)
Amin, Nizar M. Muhammad& Taha, Purjan Hashim. Prevalence of social phobia among preparatory school students in Duhok City-Iraq. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry. 2012. Vol. 23, no. 1, pp.3-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-360097
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes appendix : p. 11
Record ID
BIM-360097