The relationship between self-Image and social anxiety in adolescence

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 74-80

  Di Blasi, Maria ^a   Cavani, Paola ^a   Pavia, Laura ^a   Lo Baido, Rosa ^a   La Grutta, Sabina ^a   Schimmenti, Adriano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b KORE UNIVERSITY OF ENNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Self image; Social anxiety; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EDUCATION; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; OFFER SELF IMAGE QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL INTERACTION ANXIETY SCALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

EID: 84926522476     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/camh.12071     Document Type: Article

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