Social Anxiety Disorder in Relation to Family Environment: A Pilot Study with Adolescents in Hilly and Plain Areas of Kumaun Region

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Deepraj Sandhu¹ and Kiran Karnatak² (M.B.P.G College, Haldwani, Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand¹ and Department of Psychology, M.B.P.G. College, Haldwani, Uttarakhand²)

Social anxiety disorder (social phobia) is the most poorly comprehended among all anxiety disorders and many mental health conditions. Social anxiety was the last ‘discovered’ anxiety disorder and continues to rank last in terms of public and professional understanding and perception. Social anxiety disorder, as found in a study by the American Anxiety and Depression Association, impacts around 15 million American grownups and ranks as the second largest prevalent anxiety disorder backing specific phobias. The average outbreak is during teenage i.e., Adolescence. The paper focuses on adolescents of hilly and plain areas of the Kumaun Region with the purpose of studying Social Anxiety disorder in relation to family Environment. For this purpose, a sample of 60 Adolescents (30 hilly regions 30 plain regions) of the age group (15-18 years) was taken from government schools through convenience sampling. In order to analyze the data, various statistical techniques were utilized including calculating the mean and standard deviation, conducting a ‘t-test, and determining Pearson’s coefficient of correlation. The findings revealed that there is no significant difference in the level of social anxiety disorder between adolescents living in the Hilly and Plain regions (t= 0.56, p<.05). Additionally, Social Anxiety Disorder and the eight dimensions of Family environment were negatively related. Further details regarding these results can be found in the paper’s discussion section.