A Japanese form of social anxiety (taijin kyofusho): Frequency and correlates in two generations of the same family

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 635-642

  Essau, Cecilia A ^a   Sasagawa, Satoko ^b   Ishikawa, Shin Ichi ^c   Okajima, Isa ^d   O'Callaghan, Jean ^a   Bray, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEJIRO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NEUROPSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

anxiety symptoms; self construals; social anxiety disorder; taijin kyofusho

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CULTURE; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868156492     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764011421099     Document Type: Article

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