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New insights into recalled parental behavior in social anxiety disorder: A cluster analytic approach.
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Journal of affective disorders [J Affect Disord] 2024 Oct 15; Vol. 363, pp. 662-670. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 15. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Background: Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is a highly heterogeneous disorder. To enlighten its heterogeneity, this study focused on recalled parental behavior and aimed to empirically identify if there are subgroups of SAD based on recalled parental behavior by means of cluster analysis. Further, the study investigated whether those subgroups differed on clinical, trauma, and personality variables.<br />Methods: This study included 505 individuals diagnosed with SAD and 98 adult controls who were asked to fill out the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI), the Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire (ACE), and the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI). Cluster analysis determined whether there are meaningful SAD subgroups based on PBI. The clusters obtained were compared with each other and with the control group with regard to clinical, ACE, and TCI variables.<br />Results: The cluster analysis revealed two SAD clusters based on recalled parental behavior. SAD individuals in the first cluster (49.3 %) perceived their parents as intermediately caring, but not as overcontrolling. SAD individuals in the second cluster (50.7 %) perceived their parents as less caring and overcontrolling, reported more severe clinical symptoms and trauma, and had lower values in Self-Directedness and Cooperativeness.<br />Limitations: The present study is cross-sectional, therefore unable to confirm causal interpretations.<br />Conclusion: Parenting is meaningful to enlighten the heterogeneity of SAD symptomatology and to specify treatment approaches as there are two meaningful subgroups in individuals with SAD corresponding to differences in clinical presentation, trauma, and personality.<br />Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest None. Declaration of Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process None.<br /> (Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Humans
Female
Male
Adult
Cluster Analysis
Cross-Sectional Studies
Object Attachment
Surveys and Questionnaires
Temperament
Adverse Childhood Experiences statistics & numerical data
Adverse Childhood Experiences psychology
Personality Inventory
Parents psychology
Young Adult
Middle Aged
Phobia, Social psychology
Parenting psychology
Parent-Child Relations
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1573-2517
- Volume :
- 363
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of affective disorders
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 39019224
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.07.055