Intervention impacts of self-confidence training on the self-esteem of patients with social anxiety disorder
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2013.09.018
- VernacularTitle:自信心训练对社交焦虑障碍患者自尊水平的干预研究
- Author:
Lei CAO
;
Zhiqiang ZHANG
;
Yong XU
;
Jiankui CAO
;
Hong YANG
;
Ling GE
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Self-confidence training;
Social anxiety disorder;
Self-esteem
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2013;22(9):827-829
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the effect of self-confidence training on social anxiety and self-esteem of patients with social anxiety disorder.Methods 80 patients with social anxiety disorder were randomly divided into the study group and the control group.The study group was given the Self-confidence Training twice a week for five weeks and the control group was not given any training.Social Anxiety Subscale of the Self-Consciousness Scale and Self-Esteem Scale were used to evaluate the effect before the intervention and after the intervention for three months,six months.Results The social anxiety and self-esteem had significant differences between the two groups (F=20.422,P＜0.001 ; F=11.239,P=0.001),they had a tendency to change over time (F=120.080,P＜0.001 ; F=143.503,P＜0.001),and the role of the time factor was different between two groups (F=18.777,P ＜0.001 ; F =24.864,P＜0.001).Further pairwise comparisons revealed that the study group showed significantly decrease in social anxiety ((10.00 ± 3.05) vs (13.42 ± 2.76),(9.53 ± 3.72) vs (13.21± 2.48)) and improvement in score of self-esteem((28.75 ± 4.19) vs (24.27 ± 3.84),(29.50 ± 4.85) vs (24.15 ±3.55)) than control group on post-test and delayed-test (P＜0.001).Conclusion Self-confidence training can reduce social anxiety and improve self-esteem for patients with social anxiety disorder.
