<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec><h3>Objectives</h3><p>The general objective of this research was to see if academic achievement significantly relates with social anxiety of high school students. There were other specific and auxiliary objectives also. One among these was to gather prevalence data of social anxiety among adolescents of Kathmandu.</p></sec><sec><h3>Method</h3><p>A survey was conducted among 696 high school students of Kathmandu to see if academic achievement was associated with their social phobia. Convenient sample from a high school was used. Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN), a self-report test, was used to measure social anxiety disorder of adolescent students. Some demographic data were also collected. Data were organized in MS Excel and analysed in SPSS.</p></sec><sec><h3>Results</h3><p>The prevalence of ‘very severe’ social phobia among boys was 2.01% and girls had that of 1.71%. One-way ANOVA showed that academic achievement did not have a relationship with social phobia, F (2, 613) = 1.74, p > 0.05.</p></sec><sec><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Academic achievement was not associated with social phobia among students of a high school in Kathmandu. Boys have more prevalence of severe forms of social anxiety than girls when they are in adolescence.</p></sec></abstract>

ObjectivesThe general objective of this research was to see if academic achievement significantly relates with social anxiety of high school students. There were other specific and auxiliary objectives also. One among these was to gather prevalence data of social anxiety among adolescents of Kathmandu.MethodA survey was conducted among 696 high school students of Kathmandu to see if academic achievement was associated with their social phobia. Convenient sample from a high school was used. Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN), a self-report test, was used to measure social anxiety disorder of adolescent students. Some demographic data were also collected. Data were organized in MS Excel and analysed in SPSS.ResultsThe prevalence of ‘very severe’ social phobia among boys was 2.01% and girls had that of 1.71%. One-way ANOVA showed that academic achievement did not have a relationship with social phobia, F (2, 613) = 1.74, p > 0.05.ConclusionsAcademic achievement was not associated with social phobia among students of a high school in Kathmandu. Boys have more prevalence of severe forms of social anxiety than girls when they are in adolescence.

Lack of Association between Academic Achievement and Social Phobia among High School Students of Kathmandu

Assistant Professor at Department of Psychology and Philosophy

Global Psychiatry

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ObjectivesThe general objective of this research was to see if academic achievement significantly relates with social anxiety of high school students. There...

Lack of Association between Academic Achievement and Social Phobia among High School Students of Kathmandu

Published Online: May 22, 2020

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Received: Jan 09, 2020

Accepted: Apr 18, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gp-2020-0011

Keywords
Social anxiety disorder (SAD), anxiety, adolescents, high school, Nepal

© 2020 Pralhad Adhikari et al., published by Sciendo

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Lack of Association between Academic Achievement and Social Phobia among High School Students of Kathmandu

Published Online: May 22, 2020

Page range: -

Received: Jan 09, 2020

Accepted: Apr 18, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gp-2020-0011

KeywordsSocial anxiety disorder (SAD), anxiety, adolescents, high school, Nepal

© 2020 Pralhad Adhikari et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Social anxiety disorder (SAD), anxiety, adolescents, high school, Nepal