1. Distinct characteristics of social anxiety among youths with childhood sexual abuse: A latent profile analysis.
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Zheng Q, Feng Y, Li J, Xu S, Ma Z, and Wang Y
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- Humans, Female, Male, Cross-Sectional Studies, Adolescent, China epidemiology, Young Adult, Anxiety epidemiology, Anxiety psychology, Child, Surveys and Questionnaires, Students psychology, Students statistics & numerical data, Latent Class Analysis, Child Abuse, Sexual psychology, Child Abuse, Sexual statistics & numerical data
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Background: Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is one type of childhood trauma that has long-term effects on physical and mental health, predisposing to social anxiety., Objective: This study attempted to investigate the characteristics of different subgroups of social anxiety among youths with CSA experiences., Participants and Setting: 83,219 participants were recruited in a cross-sectional study from 63 colleges and universities in Jilin Province, China., Methods: The main variables were measured by a series of self-report questionnaires. Latent profile analysis was used to classify different subgroups of social anxiety, and multiple logistic regression was employed to investigate factors influencing transitions between different subgroups., Results: 3022 (3.63 %) youths who suffered from CSA (46.8 % were male, M
age = 19.57, SD = 1.76) could be divided into four subgroups of social anxiety: low-risk social anxiety (16.4 %), medium-risk social anxiety with high public speaking anxiety (30.3 %), medium-risk social anxiety with no prominent characteristics (22.9 %), and high-risk social anxiety (30.4 %). Shy bladder and bowel and virtual life orientation increased the level of social anxiety from low to medium and high risk. Smoking and drinking were more prevalent in the low- and medium-risk subgroups than in the high-risk subgroup., Conclusions: There was heterogeneity in different subgroups of social anxiety among youths with CSA experiences. Potential targeted prevention and intervention suggestions could be beneficial in mitigating the risk of social anxiety and further preventing the aggravation of risk between subgroups., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no competing interests., (Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)- Published
- 2024
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