Childhood_Social_Phobia

Childhood Social Phobia Childhood Social Phobia There were two goals presented in this study. The first goal of the study was to show how effective the cognitive-behavioral approach was in the treatment of childhood social phobia. The second goal of the study was to show how parental involvement affected the efficiency of the cognitive-behavioral therapy that was used to treat childhood social phobia. In the past years there has been very little studied in the development of a treatment for childhood social phobia. Social Phobia is a condition that when a person with the phobia is in a public place he/she is afraid that they will embarrass themselves. This is especially the case when a person with the phobia is in an unfamiliar place or around unfamiliar people. In children social phobia is very rare and occurs most often in situations such as test taking, giving a speech or speaking with peers or adults. Studies show that social phobia is more common among age groups from 7-14 years old. There are many influences that could add to the likelihood of child social phobia. Some of these are genetic influences, observational learning, parenting styles and poor-interpersonal children, social, phobia, treatment, group, child, skills, parents, show, program, one, childhood, sessions, involvement, study, showed, pni, pi, out, having, groups, each, diagnosed, cognitive-behavioral, years, wlc, therapy, taught, symptoms, session, results, questionnaire, pre-treatment, post-treatment, peers