title: [The self-concept of patients with Social Anxiety Disorder: manifestation and change through psychotherapy ].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether the self-concept of patients with Social Anxiety Disorder deviates significantly from that found in the normative sample, to what extent it changes through psychotherapeutic short-term interventions and how such changes in self-concept relate to changes in the level of social anxiety.
  
  
  METHODS
  The self-concept of N = 86 patients with Social Anxiety Disorder was assessed using the Frankfurter-Selbstkonzeptskalen (FSKN; Deusinger 1986). Patients were treated with a manualized cognitive (CT) or psychodynamic (PDT) short-term intervention. The level of social anxiety was assessed pre-therapy and post-therapy via the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (Stangier & Heidenreich 2004) and the Social Phobia and Anxiety Scale (Fydrich 2002).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients with Social Anxiety Disorder exhibited a significantly more negative self-concept than the norm (all ps0.001). Their self-concept improved significantly in all facets following psychotherapeutic short-term intervention (all ps0.01). No significant difference was found between cognitive and psychodynamic therapy. Improvements in self-concept correlate with reductions in social anxiety.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results confirm the relevance of self-concept in Social Anxiety Disorder and its susceptibility to short-term-therapy.
authors.forename: Theresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Krull
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leibing
authors.forename: Falk
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leichsenring
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pöhlmann
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Salzer
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief; D064889:Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic; D012649:Self Concept; D055815:Young Adult