Social anxiety in medical students: Implications for communication skills teaching

Medical Teacher

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 649-654

  Laidlaw, Anita H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 75549090509     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590802208867     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Alden LE, Taylor CT. 2004. Interpersonal processes in social phobia. Clini Psychol Rev 24:857-882.
2. Bakx AWEA, Sanden JMM, v. d, Sijtsma K, Croon MA, Vermetten YJM. 2006. The role of students' personality characteristics, self perceived competence and learning concetions in the acquisition and development of social communicative competence: A longitudinal study. Higher Educ 51:71-104.
3. Bruce TJ, Saeed SA. 1999. Social Anxiety Disorder: A common, underrecognized mental disorder. Am Fam Phys 60(8):2311-2322.
4. Cleland J, Foster K, Moffat M. 2005. Undergraduate students' attitudes to communication skills learning differ depending on year of study and gender. Med Teach 27(3):246-251.
5. Crozier WR, Alden LE. 2005. The Essential Handbook of Social Anxiety for Clinicians. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
6. Furmark T, Tillfors M, Everz P-O, Marteinsdottir I, Gefvert O, Fredrikson M. 1999. Social phobia in the general population: Prevalence and sociodemographic profile. Soc Psychiatry Psychiat Epidemiol 34:416-424.
7. Gilles DM, Turk CL, Fresco DM. 2006. Social anxiety, alcohol expectamcies, and self-efficacy as predictors of heavy drinking in college students. Add Behav 31:388-398.
8. Harvey AG, Clark DM, Ehlers A, Rapee RM. 2000. Social anxiety and selfimpression: Cognitive preparation enhances the beneficial effects of video feedback following a stressful task. Behav Res Therapy 38:1183-1192.
9. Katzelnick DJ, Kobak KA, DeLeire T, Henk HJ, Greist JJ, Davidson JRT, et al. 2001. Impact of generalized social anxiety disorder in managed care. Am J Psychiatry 158:1999-2007.
10. Kjeldstadli K, Tyssen R, Finset A, Hem E, Gude T, Gronvold NT, et al. 2006. Life satisfaction and resilience in medical school - a six-year longitudinal, nationwide and comparative study. BMC Med Educ 6(48):1-8.
11. Lang NP, Rowland-Morin PA, Coe NPW. 1998. Identification of communication apprehension in medical students starting a surery rotation. The American Journal of Surgery 176:41-45.
12. Mattick RP, Clarke JC. 1998. Development and validation of measures of social phobia scrutiny fear and social interaction anxiety. Behav Rese Therapy 36:455-470.
13. Newbury-Birch D, Walshaw D, Kamali F. 2001. Drink and drugs: From medical student to doctors. Drug Alcohol Depend 64:265-270.
14. Rapee RM, Spence SH. 2004. The etiology of social phobia: Empirical evidence and an initial model. Clini Psychol Rev 24:737-767.
15. Rees C, Sheard C, Davies S. 2002. The development of a scale to measure medical students' attitudes towards communication skills learning: The Communication Skills Attitude Scale (CSAS). Med Educ 36:141-147.
16. Rees C, Sheard C, McPherson A. 2004. Medical students' views and experiences of methods of teaching and learning communciation skills. Patient Educ Counsel 54:119-121.
17. Rider EA, Keefer CH. 2006. Communication skills competencies: Definitions and a teaching toolbox. Medl Educ 40:624-629.
18. Rodebaugh TL, Woods CM, Heimberg RG, Liebowitz MR, Schneider FR. 2006. The factor structure and screening utility of the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale. Psychol Assess 18(2):231-237.
19. Stein MB, Stein DJ. 2008. Social anxiety disorder. Lancet 371:1115-1125.
20. Strahan E, Conger AJ. 1998. Social anxiety and its effects on performance and perception. J Anxiety Disorders 12(4):293-305.
21. Strahan EY. 2003. The effects of social anxiety and social skills on academic performance. Personality Individual Diff 34:347-366.
22. Turner SM, Beidel DC, Borden JW, Stanley MA, Jacob RG. 1991. Social phobia: Axis I and II correlates. J Abnormal Psychol 100(1):102-106.