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    the criteria for a clinical diagnosis of social anxiety (Brundage, Winters, & Beilby, p. 499). Social anxiety frequently causes PWS to isolate themselves from social interactions, and, when in situations, to utilize safety behaviors to prevent stuttering and reduce anxiety. Safety behaviors consequently maintain social anxiety in PWS rather than exacerbate the disorder (Lowe et al., 2017, pp. 1246-1247). More is known regarding the development of social anxiety is adults who stutter (AWS) than the information

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    Social Anxiety

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    Social anxiety is the excessive fear of social situations, which stems from a fear of negative evaluation. Individuals with social anxiety commonly use safety behaviours to provide temporary relief from anxiety or to prevent a feared outcome from occurring (Clark & Wells, 1995). While individuals may perceive that the safety behaviours they use are adaptive and beneficial, these behaviours do not actually reduce the effects of social anxiety (Wells et al., 1995). The purpose of the current study

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    Social Anxiety

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    individual has social anxiety because the fear of embarrassment of being judged and humiliated by other people. But, what really causes people to have a social anxiety? According to Valencia Higuera, “The exact cause of social phobia is unknown. However, current research supports the idea that it is caused by a combination of environmental factors and genetics. Negative experiences also may contribute to this disorder, including bullying, family conflict, and sexual abuse.” Another cause of social anxiety

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    used to be extremely shy among others when she was in high school. She had a few friends, and, in addition to that, had some case of social anxiety. Often ignored by others, she refused to give up. Throughout time, she improved immensely and now has a multitudinous amount of friends. Also, she currently has no social anxiety due to her conquering her fears of social rejection. My mother now owns a successful business as a result of this beneficial change. You can always change no matter what. All

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    Social Anxiety

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    What is Social Anxiety? Social anxiety is the most frequent disorder suffered world wide. It is the fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations (Tian, 2009 pg. 239). People who have social anxiety commonly develop symptoms such as thinking they may have failed to make an anticipated impression towards people or an event.18-25% of people around the world have some form of social anxiety (Quaiser, 2014). Multiple researchers have stated, the experience of a social situations heighten

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    Social Anxiety Disorders

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    The diagnosis of social phobia requires the symptoms to be “consistent and persistent”, as well as causing significant distress which damage social, occupational, or other important areas of life functioning (Irena, 2015, p.). Unlike shyness, where most people occasionally experience in their lives, social phobia is much more disruptive and pathological (Jefferson, 2001). For people with social phobia, they could even feel the pain before an event that they know would involve evaluation actually

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    Social Anxiety

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    Social anxiety is defined by the social anxiety institute as “the fear of being judged and evaluaded negatively by other people.”. The disorder is not just simply feeling uncomfortable in certain social situations, which is fairly common.This disorder could easily be misused to describe shyness or the actions of someone who’s an introvert. Shyness does not affect someone’s life the same way social anxiety does. Social anxiety is actually extreme social phobia and could ultimately ruin someone's life

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    One barrier that I have overcome is social anxiety. This was more than just shyness and self-consciousness but an impediment to social interaction on a daily basis. The simplest tasks such as making a phone call to order pizza or introducing myself to new people provoked an excessive form of fear that I tried to avoid for the longest time. Because social anxiety and other mental illnesses are so stigmatized and misunderstood by society, I felt uncomfortable to open up with anyone about it. My parents

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    Social anxiety is condition that has been described since the days of Hippocrates. Hippocrates described an individual who would avoid social outings due to being timid, bashful, and fear of being misused, disgraced, make a fool of himself, or being sick and believes he is constantly being watched. Will the man who suffers from social anxiety react differently to mistakes based on social context? A study by Barker, Troller-Renfree, Pine, & Fox in 2015 attempted to test that. Baker et al. tried to

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    Social Anxiety Disorder

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    Exploration of the Etiology of Social Phobia and Social Anxiety Disorder One of the most common psychological disorders is social phobia, which is termed “social anxiety disorder” (SAD) in the DSM-V (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). The lifetime prevalence of social anxiety disorder is 12%, with around half of that being in the form of a generalized type of the disorder that crosses to most social situations. The other half of individuals who suffer from social anxiety disorder are limited in their

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