Volume : VII, Issue : II, February - 2018

A STUDY TO ASSESS THE PREVALENCE OF SOCIAL PHOBIA AMONG NURSING STUDENTS

Deena Jothy R, C. Jothi

Abstract :

 

Social Phobia / Social Anxiety Disorder is quite common – it ranks high on the general anxiety disorder scale. Most of us will suffer some kind of social anxiety during our lives.

Purpose: To assess the prevalence of social phobia among nursing students at SRM College, SRM University, Kattankulathur, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu, South India. Methods: Research design was descriptive design. The data collection consisted 2 parts.

Part A: Demographic variables. Part B: A structured questionnaire to assess the prevalence of social phobia among nursing students. It was validated and found to be feasible. 100 students who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were selected as samples using non –probability convenient sampling technique.

Result: There was no significant relationship between prevalence of social phobia and selected demographic variables.

Keywords :

Assess   Prevalence   Phobia   Social phobia  

Article: Download PDF    DOI : https://www.doi.org/10.36106/paripex  

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Deena Jothy R, C.Jothi, A STUDY TO ASSESS THE PREVALENCE OF SOCIAL PHOBIA AMONG NURSING STUDENTS, PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-2 | February-2018


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