Anxious People Research Articles

EEG correlates of self-recognition in morphed faces: association with social anxiety

Recognizing one’s own face is important for self-identification and is considered an indicator of self-consciousness. Social anxiety is related to special attention to self. The aim was to investigate the oscillatory dynamics associated with self-recognition/non-self-recognition in morphed faces and the correlation with social anxiety in these processes. During EEG recordings with 128 electrodes, 48 volunteers (31 females) recognized themselves in morphed faces. During self-recognition, a greater increase in theta rhythm was revealed in the time interval from 800 to 1500 ms than in the non-self-recognition condition. Based on the data on the relationship of the theta rhythm with attention and memory, it could be assumed that the increase in theta rhythm may be related to memory and attention processes when perceiving details, mismatches, and misrepresentation of one’s own face. Social anxiety was positively related to the magnitude of theta rhythm during self-recognition, it could be related to the increased attention that socially anxious people focus on themselves and distortions of their own face.

Virtual Reality and Higher Education Sporting Events: Social Anxiety Perception as an Outcome of VR Simulation.

This study investigates the relationship between Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy (VRET) and social anxiety in sport environments. Social anxiety is a mental health condition that manifests people's intense fear of being watched and judged by others and worrying about humiliation It is important to research potential tools like VRET that could help to mitigate the impact of social anxiety as people with social anxiety often avoid attending live events due to the venue's sensory stimuli and the social encounters they anticipate. VR simulation could allow socially anxious individuals to fully experience a sporting event simulation minus the anxiety induced by potential social encounters. VR's therapeutic effects on social anxiety should be explored when considering several findings of VR intervention to mental health. The study aims to assess the impact of exposing socially anxious people to a virtual sporting game by measuring their levels of social anxiety, team identification, and intentions to attend a live sporting event before and after the VR exposure. Due to VR's positive experience, social anxiety is expected to decrease. However, team identification and intentions to attend live sporting events are expected to increase because of VR's ability to develop sport fanship. Fourteen students with symptoms of social anxiety participated in the study. To create the VR simulation stimuli, the researchers used six 360° cameras to record an NCAA Division-I women's volleyball game. Participants experienced the sporting event via VR simulation. Data were analyzed via one-group pre- and post-comparison. Significant results were found for behavioral intentions of participants after experiencing the simulation. Social anxiety's difference was negative 0.22, t(13) = 3.47, p < 0.01. After watching the game in VR, the respondents' social anxiety decreased significantly. Team identification's difference was 0.53, t(13) = -3.56, p < 0.01. Lastly, event visit intentions' difference was 0.24, t(13) = -2.35, p < 0.05. Team identification and intentions to visit a sporting event rose significantly after viewing the game in VR.

Trait Social Anxiety Moderates the Relationship Between Emotion-Regulation Strategy Switching and State Anxiety in Daily Life

Difficulty knowing when to switch emotion-regulation (ER) strategies is theorized to be a key pathway to emotion dysregulation, but relatively few studies have empirically examined this. We applied a new order-based metric to quantify how 109 socially anxious people switched between 19 different ER strategies (or chose not to regulate at all) throughout a 5-week ecological-momentary-assessment (EMA) study that yielded 12,616 observations. We tested whether state- and trait-anxiety reports and their interaction predicted differences in ER strategy switching. Results indicated that people with relatively higher social-anxiety symptoms switch more often between ER strategies during periods of high average state anxiety but less often during periods of high variability in state anxiety than less socially anxious people. Interventions focused on helping socially anxious people learn how ER strategies are connected to variations in state anxiety might hold promise to increase adaptive ER-switching decisions. More broadly, expanding ER-switching interventions to consider the role of changing situations is an important next step.

PERSONAL TRAITS OF ANXIOUS PEOPLE BEFORE AND AFTER COGNITIVE BEHAVIORISTIC THERAPY AND BREEDING PETS

The purpose of this study is to explore the personal traits of anxious people before and after cognitive behavioristic therapy and Breeding pets. Sample of the study comprised of 30 participants (17 male and 13 female) moreover the personal traits of participants measured by Clinical analysis questionnaire which is founded by Raymond Cattel &amp; et.al, the questionnaire has been translated to Arabic language by Mohammad al Sayed &amp; Saleh abu Abaah, 1998. Results of this study presented that there are significant differences at (α≤0.01) in personal traits of anxious people before and after cognitive behavioristic therapy and Breeding pets and Breeding pets in: hypochondriasis, irritation, anxiety depression, guilt and resentment, boredom and withdrawal, boredom and withdrawal, paranoia, psychopathy, Psychasthneia and lack of mental competence in favor of the post test, whereas, there were no significant differences in suicidal depression, low energy depression and schizophrenia.

The Role of Perceived Social Support in the Grief Experiences of More Anxious and Self-Compassionate People.

Past research showed that high trait anxiety and low self-compassion, along with lack of perceived social support, have been associated with experiencing stronger grief symptoms. However, research is yet to understand if and how these factors interact among grieving individuals. Results of a cross-sectional study (N = 539) showed that perceived social support interacted differently with trait anxiety and self-compassion to shape grief experiences. Unexpectedly, perceived social support did not buffer the association between higher trait anxiety and stronger grief symptoms. Instead, participants with higher trait anxiety reported stronger symptoms only when they perceived to have less social support. In contrast, participants with higher self-compassion reported less symptoms when they perceived to have more social support. These findings show that social support can emphasize the detrimental role of anxiety and the protective role of self-compassion when people are coping with a loss. Implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.

A comparative study of stress amongst different hierarchies of paediatric dental providers.

Stress, a state of mental or emotional strain or tension brought on by challenging or demanding events might hamper a dentist's ability to react quickly and prudently. Their ability to deal with difficult patients may also be compromised, especially when dealing with frightened or anxious people. The main goal of this study was to survey a wide range of dental professionals from different backgrounds, including undergraduates, general practitioners and specialists, and determine how much stress each group was experiencing and how it affected both the participants and the treated patients. A sample size of an estimated 300 participants (defined by a 95% confidence interval and a 5% margin of error) was found to be sufficient for this investigation. About 178 responses were received to the 300 Google Forms questions, a response percentage of 59.3%. Of those surveyed, 77% had work experience ranging from zero to five years. Women made up 30% of the population, while men made up 70%. Furthermore, the patient-to-dentist ratio was neither a significant worry nor a source of stress because the majority of dentists saw between 0 and 10 patients per month. General dentists and specialists treated the patients with higher awareness, in-depth understanding and care than undergraduates did because they frequently reported having less experience than the other categories in this study did. The fact that a sizable majority of the respondents had between 0 and 5 years of experience further explains the high stress levels. High anxiety levels were present among dental undergraduates, highlighting the necessity of stress management instruction and support services in training programmes.

Role of Branched and Aromatic Amino Acids, Diet Inflammatory Index, and Anthropometric Indices on Mental Health.

Mental health disorders are one of the most important and increasing health problems in the youth of today's societies. Some dietary intake and body mass status are factors that affect mental health. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the intake of branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) and aromatic amino acids (AAAs) and anthropometric and dietary inflammatory indices with mental health, including depression, anxiety, and stress. In this case-control study, the data of 138 teenage girls aged 13-18 years were collected. Three-day 24-hour food recall and standard anthropometric methods were used to calculate the dietary inflammation intake score of normal and energy-adjusted diets. Mental health disorders were diagnosed by the DASS-21 questionnaire. Statistical analysis used Student's t-test, correlation, and multiple regression were used to analyze the data based on the study's statistical requirements. Based on the findings, 59 (42%) of the girls had mental disorders, and 79 (58%) were healthy. The average weight of stressed people was significantly higher than that of healthy people, and the BMI of anxious people was significantly higher than that of nonanxious people (P < 0.05). A significant positive correlation was found between stress and weight and energy intake. Additionally, there was a significant negative correlation between BCAAs and mental health. The average intake of BCAAs was significantly lower in patients (P = 0.01). The trend analysis showed significantly lower BCAA levels among the 4th quartile of mental disorders. No significant relationship was observed between DII, AAA, and anthropometric indices. After adjustment of the results, no relationship was observed between mental health and the studied factors. BCAA might be related to mental health. Further studies in different age and sex groups are highly recommended.

CareMENS : a new model of care for elderly at risk of dementia, applied in 7 swiss memory clinics

AbstractBackgroundFourty percent of modifying factors explain cognitive decline in elderly, such as a lack of social and physical activities (Livingston 2020). Speech, physical and neuropsychological therapies have shown efficiency, although stopping them can have an impact on quality of life (Leidi, 2020). Therefore, usual models of care need to evolve to build bridges between therapies and community activities. The aim of CareMENS ( = Care, MEmory and NeuroScience), a new model, is to provide a continuity in patients’ care after the therapies, by assisting them to find a leisure activity in their community in order to stay active and socially involved (Annexe).SettingSeven Memory clinics in the french speaking part of Switzerland.Main outcome measuresQuality of life (WHOQOL), cognition (MoCA), severity of symptoms (CDR), autonomy in daily life activities (DAD‐6), anxiety and depression (HAD), satisfaction (self‐assessed questionnaire).MethodTo meet the needs of patients at risk of dementia and according to their symptomatology, they undergo speech, physical or neuropsychological therapy within a Memory clinic. Then, a care manager organize with the patient a leisure activity in the community to perpetuate the therapies’ benefice and to stay socially involved. Paired‐sample t‐tests were conducted between 2 measures: before therapy and after 3 months of leisure activity.ResultAmong 150 patients that started a therapy within CareMENS (Neuropsychology: n = 94, speech:n = 26, physical: n = 30), 100 completed their therapy, 61 already integrated a community activity and 31 ended the follow‐up. Results are reported for 25 patients. In a mean follow‐up time of 366 days, autonomy remained stable (p = 0.14), whereas global cognition decreased significantly (p = 0.01). Among anxious people, level of anxiety decreased significantly (p = 0.02). Global QOL was stable in patients (p = 0.15) and caregivers (p = 0.46), while the QOL’s dimension of “social participation” improved strongly and significantly in patients (p = 0.0001). Satisfaction to the care manager’s interventions and to the therapies were very encouraging (83.5%).ConclusionCareMENS is a new model of care that give a high satisfaction to patients and caregivers, improves the social dimension of quality of life and integrate patients in the society through community activities, that are enjoyable therefore sustainable.

Anxious to detect deceit: an empirical investigation of social defense theory

ABSTRACT Social Defense Theory (SDT) states that anxious attachment reflects an adaptive sentinel strategy, whereby anxious people should be better able to detect lies than secure people. Existing research on this issue, however, has not been able to evaluate whether heightened lie detection among anxious individuals is due to an actual ability or a bias to assume that others are lying (one that pays off when others are, in fact, lying). We addressed this issue in a study in which 254 adults had to determine whether people in videos were lying or telling the truth about their experiences. Contrary to the predictions of SDT, highly anxious people did not have a heightened ability to separate lies from truths, but were biased to assume that others were lying regardless of the authenticity of their statements.

Effects of the acoustic characteristics of natural sounds on perceived tranquility, emotional valence and arousal in patients with anxiety disorders

As a supplement to music therapy, natural sounds have become an effective means of relieving anxiety. This research investigates the natural acoustic characteristics that affect the perceived tranquility, emotional valence, and arousal in patients with anxiety disorders. This research conducted a subjective assessment experiment of natural sound involving 46 participants with anxiety disorders. It designed 56 natural sound stimuli by controlling four acoustic characteristic factors of natural sound: foreground sound types, the number of sound sources, the foreground-to-background signal-to-noise ratio (FBSNR), and the foreground sound duration ratio. Results show that patients with higher levels of anxiety may have a lower tolerance for mixed natural sounds. Natural sounds composed of two sources brought the highest emotional valence. When the number of sound sources increased from 2 to 6, perceived tranquility and emotional valence increased, while emotional arousal decreased. Anxious patients had the highest perceived tranquility and emotional valence of mixed natural sounds with a 75% foreground sound duration ratio. As the proportion of natural sounds in the foreground increased, there was a gradual decrease in emotional arousal. The number of sound sources, FBSNR, and the degree of anxiety may be the important acoustic characteristics that lead to the difference in anxious patients' perception. The acoustic characteristics of natural sounds need to be considered when creating a healing environment for anxious people.

Implementation of AI Chatbot Application for Social Anxiety Problem

&lt;p class="Abstract"&gt;The past decade has witnessed the rapid development of &lt;a title="Learn more about Artificial Intelligence from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/computer-science/artificial-intelligence"&gt;Artificial Intelligence&lt;/a&gt; (AI)[1]. AI nowadays, are becoming more popular and integrated in every aspect of the world. Using Ai chatbot as a companion partner has been a thing since a few years ago, but with the development of AI, it is possible to inject personality into those chatbots now. With the increasing growth of social anxiety issues, it is possible to implement AI chatbot as a way to train social skills into people. Past researches have already created a chatbot that is solely for the purpose of depression in a one-on-one chatting environment. In order to create a working training regime, it is necessary to give the user the ability to change from a fully AI environment to slowly integrate with humans. The present paper considers the ability of personality trained AI chatbots and environment as a way to help people learn to socialize. This research aims to help provide a cheaper and reliable alternative for therapists by using AI chatbots as a guide for socially anxious people.&lt;/p&gt;

Impulsivity Moderates the Association Between Anxiety and Problem Gambling Among Canadian Undergraduates.

Tension reduction theory suggests anxious people gamble to cope with negative affect. Literature demonstrates mixed associations between anxiety and gambling behaviours, hence, the important of examining moderators. This study examined how impulsivity moderated anxiety and problem gambling as well as gambling to cope. Given key gender differences, moderation was examined across genders. A sample of 484 undergraduate students who endorsed gambling behaviours completed anxiety, impulsivity, and problem gambling measures. Results showed men with higher levels of anxiety scored higher on problem gambling at both high (B = 0.706, SE = 0.073, p < 0.0001, f2 = 0.20) and low (B = 0.262, SE = 0.103, p = 0.01, f2 = 0.01) impulsivity, though the effect sizes were much larger for men with high impulsivity. This moderation effect was not found in women (B = 0.000, SE = 0.009, p = 0.959). Results showed men with higher levels of anxiety scored higher on coping motives for gambling at both high (B = 0.253, SE = 0.046, p < 0.0001, f2 = 0.06) and low B = 0.141, SE = 0.063, p = 0.026, f2 = 0.01) impulsivity, though the effect sizes were larger for men with high impulsivity. Again, this moderation effect was not found in women (B = - 0.101, SE = 0.006, p = 0.100). Findings from this may help inform impulsivity-focused interventions, such as strengthening impulse control and instilling more adaptive coping strategies to lower gambling risk among university men.

Smart analysis of anxiety people and their activities using heterogeneous quasiperiodic process

AbstractThe increase in anxiety levels worldwide can be described as a serious global health threat. Around 500 million people suffer from mental disorders and are suffering from depression, and other mental‐oriented disabilities. The new technological paradigms such as the Internet of Things (IoT) were employed for detecting, and treating these disorders, which are being proposed, developed, and provide new capabilities to detect, assess and care for anxious people. These possibilities lead to several issues that are identified, which relate to patient privacy and confidentiality, security challenges such as data security, and the organization of IoT systems. To rectify these issues, we implement the Smart analysis of anxious people and their activities using Heterogeneous computing with virtual sensing. This system consists of the health application featuring the technique of the internet of things, heterogeneous computing, Cognitive Quasiperiodic motion, and Pentagonal tiling. This system introduces the internet of things‐assisted smart analysis of anxiety against people with their activities. It performs the optimization analysis for improving the levels. The observational results focus on how to deal with the issues which were overcome in the analysis levels of the anxiety disorders, which show that time spent using the heterogeneous computing with the virtual sense proves more accuracy (92.3%), specificity (Degrees of anxiety severity by 20%), precision (Analysis of anxiety stress level by 65%), and recall (Anxiety chances percentile by 65.34%). The proposed model is simulated, and the outcomes are compared with the prevailing methods for evaluating the parameters like accuracy, end‐end‐end delay, energy consumption, network lifetime, and throughput.

Trait-Anxious People Take Longer to Search for Happy Faces in the Presence of Neutral and Fearful Distractors

A large body of evidence suggests that processing of affective information is typically disrupted in anxiety. It has also been hypothesized that anxious individuals are less able to evaluate contextual cues and to respond in an adaptive way to stress. In the present study, 25 participants (16 females; 9 males) scoring high (scores of 45 or above) and 26 participants (13 females; 13 males) scoring low (scores of 35 and below) on a standardized measure of trait anxiety performed an emotion search task to investigate attentional biases when the task provides an explicit emotional context. An emotional context was set in each block by asking participants to look as quickly as possible at a face expressing a specific emotion, while eye movements were being recorded. On each trial, two faces appeared, one of them expressing the target emotion and the other one expressing a distractor emotion. High trait-anxious participants showed slower response times (time to look at the instructed emotion), regardless of the affective context, compared to the control group. Additionally, we found slower responses to happy faces (positive context) in the anxious group in the presence of neutral and fearful distractors. Cognitive control may therefore be disrupted in anxiety, as anxious people take longer to process (search for) happy faces, presumably because attentional resources are drawn by neutral and fearful distractors. Those differences were not observed in a simple reaction times task, which suggests that attentional biases, and not differential processing of low-level facial features, are responsible for those differences.

Social anxiety in Finnish adolescents from 2013 to 2021: change from pre-COVID-19 to COVID-19 era, and mid-pandemic correlates

PurposeSocial anxiety disorder (SAD) is prevalent in adolescents. Increase in levels of general anxiety since 2010’s has been observed in young people. Little is known of time trends in symptoms of social anxiety during 2010’s, of pre- to during-COVID-19 era changes, or of associations between social anxiety symptoms and pandemic severity, distance education, and COVID-19-related experiences in young people.MethodsWe examined social anxiety symptoms, their temporal changes, and their associations with COVID-19 related factors in a sample of 450 000 13-to-20-year-old Finns in 2013–2021. Data from nationwide School Health Promotion study was used. Social anxiety symptoms were assessed with the Mini-SPIN using cut-off score ≥ 6 as indicator of high social anxiety. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were used, controlling for gender, age, family SES, and symptoms of general anxiety and depression.ResultsHigh-level social anxiety symptoms increased markedly from 2013/2015 to 2021 among both sexes. A steeper increase was found among females. In 2021, 47% of females self-reported high social anxiety, a two-fold increase relative to 2013/2015. No association between regional COVID-19 incidence and change in social anxiety symptoms was found. No clear associations between time spent in distance education and social anxiety symptoms were found. Fears of getting infected or transmitting coronavirus, and reports of not getting needed support for schoolwork during distance education were all associated with high social anxiety.ConclusionPrevalence of high social anxiety in young people aged 13–20 has increased considerably from 2013 to 2021, especially among girls. During COVID-19 pandemic, socially anxious young people report a need for educational support and suffer from infection-related fears.

Anxiety Sensitivity and Intolerance of Uncertainty: Transdiagnostic Risk Factors for Anxiety as Targets to Reduce Risk of Suicide.

Suicide has a profound impact on individuals, families, and society. One prominent, if understudied, risk factor for suicide is anxiety. More than 70% of people with at least one suicide attempt meet diagnostic criteria for an anxiety disorder. There are several limitations to exploring the associations between anxiety and suicide using diagnosis-based classification systems. A better approach would be to consider transdiagnostic risk factors for anxiety. Through a negative reinforcement model of suicide, anxiety sensitivity (AS) and intolerance of uncertainty (IU) appear to exacerbate the experience of unpleasant anxiety sensations and likely contribute to chronic suicide risk as well as acute suicidal acts. Although more research is needed to clarify the mechanisms through which AS and IU confer risk, brief interventions may offer an ideal suicide prevention strategy for anxious people.

Language anxiety and learner silence in the classroom from a cognitive-behavioral perspective

AbstractLanguage anxiety plays a key role in language learners’ silent behaviors in class (King, 2013). Given its public nature and emphasis on interaction within it, the classroom context plays a significant role in the production of language anxiety. Anxious people are more likely to negatively appraise situations, affecting their behavior. That is, it is not just the subject content that causes anxiety, it is also the cognitive processes that occur from being in the classroom environment (Clark &amp; Wells, 1995; Horwitz et al., 2010). King (2014) found that anxious language learners’ thoughts often contain feared predictions about the social costs of speaking in the classroom and worries about how peers might negatively evaluate performance. These fears about external factors contribute to learners becoming inhibited and using silence to avoid the discomfort of speaking. Also, while anxious learners tend to have content-specific concerns, for example, making mistakes, self-focused thoughts are often intensified by contextual factors, such as interacting with peers (Gregersen &amp; Horwitz, 2002). This article looks at the relationship between language anxiety and silent behavior from a cognitive-behavioral perspective, emphasizing how the dynamic interplay between an individual learner and the classroom context can result in even the most motivated and proficient learners missing opportunities to develop their language skills through target-language interaction.

Program logic of a mental health outreach service for socially anxious youth

Youth mental health is a major concern both in Australia and internationally. Identifying at-risk young people is a core service priority. This report describes a “Youth Social Inclusion Program” developed in Australia to assist young people identified as having social difficulties that prevent them linking into formal mental health services. This report describes the Australian service context and uses the “program explication” methodology to document: the program activities, therapeutic processes, and underpinning evidence for the benefits of this service. Program explication is a consulting method designed to assist services to identify and review implicit program logic assumptions against evaluation literature. We demonstrate the application of this method in exploring the assumptions and evidence for the Youth Social Inclusion Program, targeting outreach to socially anxious young people in Australia. The Youth Social Inclusion Program involved seven logically consistent activities. Our literature search revealed moderate evidence for the expected benefits of the activities. This practice-based design drew on several theoretical perspectives. Given that the program logic has been established, we outline a proposal for further evaluation.

No Likes – no control? examining the role of coping deprivation and social anxiety in social media ostracism

ABSTRACT Feeling ostracised, that is, feeling ignored and excluded, in a social media environment causes negative affect and threatens fundamental human needs. Socially anxious people are especially fearful of social exclusion and may—if they feel ostracised—suffer even more when they do not have low-risk coping options such as using the Like button. Using the Online Ostracism tool, in a 2 (Ostracism vs. Inclusion) × 2 (Coping Deprivation vs. Control) experimental design, individuals with various social anxiety levels (N = 131) engaged in an online group task. Coping deprivation was operationalised via a disabled Like button. Compared to included participants, those who were ostracised reported significantly more threatened needs and worse mood. Needs were mostly threatened when ostracised ones encountered a disabled Like button. Social anxiety did not moderate this Ostracism × Coping interaction effect. However, the more socially anxious ostracised individuals were, the more they used the Like button.

Gender differentials in the timing and prognostic factors of pubarche in Nigeria.

Paucity of data exists on the timing of puberty, particularly the pubarche, in developing countries, which has hitherto limited the knowledge of the timing of pubarche, and assistance offered by physicians to anxious young people in Nigeria. Factors associated with the timings of puberty and pubarche are not well documented in Nigeria. We hypothesized that the timing of pubarche in Nigeria differs by geographical regions and other characteristics. We assessed the timing of pubarche among adolescents and young adults in Nigeria and identified prognostic factors of the timing by obtaining information on youths' sexual and reproductive developments in a population survey among in-school and out-of-school youths aged 15 to 24 years in Nigeria. A total of 1174 boys and 1004 girls provided valid information on pubarche. Results of time-to-event analysis of the data showed that mean age at pubarche among males aged 15 to 19 years and 20 to 24 years was 13.5 (SD = 1.63 years) and 14.2 (SD = 2.18 years) (respectively) compared with 13.0 (SD = 1.57 years) and 13.5 (SD = 2.06 years) among females of the same age. Median time to pubarche was 14 (Interquartile range (IQR) = 3) years and 13 (IQR = 3) years among the males and females, respectively. Cumulatively, 37% of the males had attained pubarche by age 13 years versus 53% among females, 57% vs 72% at age 14, and 73% vs 81% at age 15. The likelihood of pubarche among males was delayed by 5% compared with females (Time Ratio (TR) = 1.05: 95% CI = 1.03-1.05). Every additional one-year in the ages of both males and females increases the risk of pubarche by 1%. Similar to the females, males residents in Northeast (aTR = 1.14, 95% CI: 1.07-1.21), in the Northwest (aTR = 1.20, 95% CI: 1.13-1.27) and in the Southwest (aTR = 1.18, 95% CI: 1.11-1.26) had delayed pubarche than males from the South East. Yoruba males had delayed pubarche than Ibo males (aTR = 1.06, 95% CI: 1.01-1.12). Age at pubarche among adolescents and young adults in Nigeria differed among males and females with earlier onset among females. Pubarche timing varied mainly by ethnicity, region, and location of residence. Our findings will aid medical practitioners in providing appropriate advice and support on pubarche-related issues among adolescents in Nigeria as it could help douse pubarche anxiousness in relation to request for medical assistance.