What Brings You Here? Exploring Why Young Adults Seek Help for Social Anxiety
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4676965 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aslak Hjeltnes (0000-0001-7138-6762, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, corresponding author), Christian Moltu (0000-0003-3269-6383, District General Hospital of Førde, Førde, Norway), Elisabeth Schanche (0000-0002-7749-7006, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway), Per-Einar Binder, Per‐Einar Binder (0000-0003-0867-0386, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 1705-1720 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Health Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1049732315596151 |
| PMID | 26193889 |
| OpenAlex | W2224173576 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 51 |
Social anxiety disorder typically manifests in young adulthood, but there is an absence of qualitative research on the actual experiences of young adults suffering with this disorder. The aim of the present study was to investigate the lived experiences of 29 Norwegian university students who were seeking professional help for symptoms of social anxiety. We conducted in-depth interviews prior to a clinical trial. The interviews were transcribed and analyzed using a team-based thematic analysis method based on a hermeneutic-phenomenological epistemology. We identified five themes: (a) from being shy to interpreting anxiety as a mental health problem, (b) experiencing emotions as threatening and uncontrollable, (c) encountering loneliness as relationships fall away, (d) hiding the vulnerable self from others, and (e) deciding to face social fears in the future. We relate our findings to existing theory and research, discuss our process of reflexivity, highlight study limitations, and suggest implications for future research
Anxiety · Developmental psychology · Interpretative phenomenological analysis · Loneliness · Mental health · Norwegian · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Reflexivity · Social anxiety · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2023 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |