PMID- 19555965
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20090930
LR  - 20220321
IS  - 1097-6833 (Electronic)
IS  - 0022-3476 (Print)
IS  - 0022-3476 (Linking)
VI  - 155
IP  - 3
DP  - 2009 Sep
TI  - Asthma and social anxiety in adolescents.
PG  - 398-403
LID - 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.04.004 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between self-reported social anxiety and 
      asthma in a non-clinical sample of adolescents. STUDY DESIGN: High school 
      students (n = 765) completed the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A), 
      the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children (SPAI-C), and questions on 
      asthma diagnosis, asthma symptoms, and asthma-related limitations and medical 
      care. Relationships were examined between social anxiety symptoms and asthma, 
      including history of diagnosis, diagnosis plus current symptoms, and severity. 
      RESULTS: Compared with students without an asthma diagnosis and no symptoms, 
      students with a diagnosis and current symptoms reported heightened social anxiety 
      symptoms related to fear of negative evaluations and generalized discomfort in 
      social settings as measured by the SAS-A. Additionally, a greater proportion of 
      students with an asthma diagnosis and current symptoms were in the clinical range 
      of social anxiety on the SAS-A. Differences on the SAS-A by history of asthma 
      diagnosis and by severity were not supported. No differences were found on the 
      SPAI-C for history of asthma diagnosis, diagnosis plus current symptoms or 
      severity. CONCLUSIONS: Students with current asthma symptoms were more likely to 
      report social anxiety, perhaps related to concerns about exhibiting symptoms or 
      taking medication in front of peers. These findings may suggest advantages for 
      medical providers to identify and treat social anxiety in patients with asthma.
FAU - Bruzzese, Jean-Marie
AU  - Bruzzese JM
AD  - Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University School of 
      Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA. Jean-Marie.Bruzzese@nyumc.org
FAU - Fisher, Paige H
AU  - Fisher PH
FAU - Lemp, Nadia
AU  - Lemp N
FAU - Warner, Carrie Masia
AU  - Warner CM
LA  - eng
GR  - K23 MH065373/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States
GR  - R01 HL079953/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States
GR  - R01HL079953/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States
GR  - 5K23MH065373/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
DEP - 20090624
PL  - United States
TA  - J Pediatr
JT  - The Journal of pediatrics
JID - 0375410
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Asthma/diagnosis/*epidemiology/*psychology
MH  - Causality
MH  - Comorbidity
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Phobic Disorders/diagnosis/*epidemiology/*psychology
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Students
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Urban Population
PMC - PMC3661867
MID - NIHMS462436
EDAT- 2009/06/27 09:00
MHDA- 2009/10/01 06:00
PMCR- 2013/05/23
CRDT- 2009/06/27 09:00
PHST- 2008/07/09 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2009/03/16 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2009/04/02 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2009/06/27 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/06/27 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/10/01 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2013/05/23 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S0022-3476(09)00361-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.04.004 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Pediatr. 2009 Sep;155(3):398-403. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.04.004. Epub 2009 
      Jun 24.