The Role Of Social Anxiety In College Students
We can feel anxious about many different things when starting college. One area that can be looked into would be how social anxiety affects a student's daily routine. We may not notice too much, but as students, we get set in different routines for each day. This research proposal will be aimed at college students who believes they have social anxiety or have been diagnosed with social anxiety. This study was chosen to see whether there is a change in a student's daily routine if they have to give a presentation on that given day.
Social anxiety disorder (SAD) can affect many different areas of a person’s life. It may change how they give a presentation to even how they may eat, if they will use a public restroom, when they meet strangers, and maybe even go on a first date (Kasschau & McTighe, 2014, p. 461). Many different symptoms can be seen in a person with SAD within the DSM - 5 some of those symptoms may include individuals who blush a lot. It can also be seen when people perspire, have tremors or even hoarseness when giving presentations (Morrison, 2014, p. 185). Theses symptoms tend to occur more in adults. You can, however, see SAD within children as well. With kids, …show more content…
Exposure therapy is when you have your client do the things they find uncomfortable or make them anxious. One method of performing the treatment would be having a list of exercises for the patient to do. Then you would have three other categories. The first one would be the symptoms that they client experienced. The second category would be how much did the fear the exercise, on a scale of zero to one hundred. That last part of the list would be how the first two categories were similar. They would rank it one a scale of zero to one hundred (Antony & Swinson, 2000, pp. 183-185). Exposure therapy is a way for the client to feel comfortable doing the tasks they usually have trouble
Social anxiety disorder (SAD) can affect many different areas of a person’s life. It may change how they give a presentation to even how they may eat, if they will use a public restroom, when they meet strangers, and maybe even go on a first date (Kasschau & McTighe, 2014, p. 461). Many different symptoms can be seen in a person with SAD within the DSM - 5 some of those symptoms may include individuals who blush a lot. It can also be seen when people perspire, have tremors or even hoarseness when giving presentations (Morrison, 2014, p. 185). Theses symptoms tend to occur more in adults. You can, however, see SAD within children as well. With kids, …show more content…
Exposure therapy is when you have your client do the things they find uncomfortable or make them anxious. One method of performing the treatment would be having a list of exercises for the patient to do. Then you would have three other categories. The first one would be the symptoms that they client experienced. The second category would be how much did the fear the exercise, on a scale of zero to one hundred. That last part of the list would be how the first two categories were similar. They would rank it one a scale of zero to one hundred (Antony & Swinson, 2000, pp. 183-185). Exposure therapy is a way for the client to feel comfortable doing the tasks they usually have trouble