The prevalence rate and growth environmental factors of social anxiety disorder among Daqing college students

Abstract

Objective To know the point prevalence rate of social anxiety disorder(SAD) in Daqing University, and explore the influence factors about growth environment. Methods Data came from a large representative sample of 1878 university students, who were selected by stratified random cluster sampling methods according to the constituent ratio of students. They finished general situation questionnaire, interaction anxiety scale(IAS), adolescent self-rating life events check list(ASLEC), Egma Minnen av Bardndosnauppforstran(EMBU) respectively. According to the score of IAS, they were divided into 3 groups of high, mid and low. And then all of the high group, the 50% and 10% randomly of the mid and the low group respectively accepted the face-to-face interviews with 6 trained psychiatrists referred to SCID-I/P. Results Among 1878 Daqing university students, 191 of them were diagnosed as SAD, with a point prevalence rate of 8.89%. The rate of rural students was higher than that in urban students(12.3% vs. 8.5%, χ2=7.966, P=0.017), and the rate of non-only child was higher than only child(12.0% vs. 9.1%, χ2=4.055, P=0.044). There were significant differences between SAD and No-SAD on many factors of ASLEC and EMBU. Logistic regression analysis showed that study stress in ASLEC(B=0.206), father's warm(B=-0.070), father's overprotection(B=0.286), mother's punishment(B=0.159), only child or not(B=-0.685) entered into regression equation. Conclusion The point prevalence rate of SAD in Daqing university students is 8.89% and influenced by several growth environmental factors.Only child or not, father's warm, father's overprotection, mother's punishment, study stress in ASLEC can forecast SAD occurrence. Key words: Social anxiety disorder; Prevalence rate; Parenting style; Life events