Taijin Kyofusho and Social Anxiety and Their Clinical Relevance in Indonesia and Switzerland

Frontiers in Psychology

N. Vriends¹ 

关键词: social anxiety;    taijin kyofusho;    cultural clinical psychology;    self-construal;    social phobia;    treatment wish;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00003

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Background: Taijin Kyofusho Scale (TKS) is an interpersonal fear to offend others and is defined by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) as a culturally bound syndrome that occurs in Japan and Korea. Recently, cases with TKS have also been recognized in other cultures. The present questionnaire study investigated self-report TKS symptoms and social anxiety symptoms, and their clinical relevance in an Indonesian and Swiss sample. It also investigated whether self-construal is associated with TKS and social anxiety, and if self-construal is a mediator of the expected association between cultural background and social anxiety and TKS symptoms.

【 授权许可】

CC BY