Cindy Rutten, Filip Boen, Jan Seghers
Changes in physical activity and sedentary behavior during the transition from elementary to secondary school
Journal of physical activity & health
social anxiety disorder highly prevalent among children leads poor longterm outcomes left untreated theoretical models anxiety differ whether children social anxiety disorder experience objective social skills deficits negative selfinterpretation biases combination two pilot study evaluated evidence support deficit bias models approval obtained ethics committee large private university cambridge usa data collection completed 2015 recruited 68 parentchild dyads study anxious children social anxiety disorder nonanxious children underwent childadapted version trier social stress test children aged 814 676 male selfidentified 544 white 74 black 44 latinx 132 asian 147 multiethnic 59 response performance ratings obtained children parents external observers found evidence specific social skills deficits selfappraisal biases anxious children anxious children struggled signs physical discomfort actual speech content although children generally able accurately evaluate social performance older anxious children selfcritical parents similarly accurate appraisals childrens social performance anxious children responded favorably positive feedback improved selfevaluations performance decreased anxiety findings suggest comprehensive integrated theoretical model social anxiety disorder include skills deficits selfappraisal biases