Peer Victimization and Onset of Social Anxiety Disorder in Children and Adolescents

Brain Sciences

Silvia Guerrera¹  Maria Pontillo¹  Francesco Demaria¹  Prisca Gargiullo¹  Roberto Averna¹  MariaCristina Tata¹  MariaLaura Pucciarini¹  Ornella Santonastaso¹  Stefano Vicari¹ 

[1] Child and Adolescence Neuropsychiatry Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Children Hospital Bambino Gesù, Piazza Sant’Onofrio 4, 00165 Rome, Italy;

关键词: peer victimization;    social anxiety;    bullying;    adolescents;    children;   

DOI  :  10.3390/brainsci9060132

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Background: In the literature, several studies have proposed that children and adolescents with social anxiety had experienced previously victimization from peers and siblings. The aim of this review was to contribute to the updating of recent findings about the relationship between peer victimization and onset of social anxiety in children and adolescents. Methods: A selective review of literature published between 2011 and 2018 on Social Anxiety Disorder in children and adolescents that experienced peer victimization during childhood and adolescence. Results: Seventeen studies are included. All studies showed that peer victimization is positively correlated to the presence of social anxiety. Moreover, the perpetration of peer victimization may contribute to the maintenance and the exacerbation of social anxiety symptoms. Conclusions: In children and adolescents with Social Anxiety Disorder, it is necessary to evaluate firstly the presence of peer victimization experiences. Subsequently, therapeutics programs targeted to elaborate these experiences and to reduce the anticipatory anxiety and the avoidance that characterized these children and adolescents can be proposed.

【 授权许可】

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