title: Social Phobia symptoms across the adult lifespan.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study investigated symptom patterns that might distinguish between individuals with and without a diagnosis of Social Phobia (SP) across the adult lifespan.
  
  
  METHODS
  A sample of 5411 self-reported social worriers was derived from Wave 1 (2001 and 2002) of the U.S. National Epidemiological Survey of Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC). Participants were stratified into four age groups (18-29 years, 30-44 years, 45-64 years, 65-96 years), and further divided into two diagnostic groups (self-reported social worriers with and without a SP diagnosis).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Binary logistic regression analyses revealed that a core set of symptoms was associated with SP across the adult lifespan. There were also successive reductions in the number of symptoms associated with SP in each age group, such that older adults endorsed numerically fewer SP symptoms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Though our sample size is smaller than ideal for the nature of our analyses, the NESARC represents one of the largest existing clinical datasets we know of.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite age-related reductions in symptom frequency, a core set of SP symptoms consistently distinguished between diagnostic groups, irrespective of age.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia. Electronic address: b.miloyan@uq.edu.au.
authors.forename: Beyon
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Miloyan
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bulley
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
authors.forename: Nancy A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Pachana
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Royal Brisbane & Women׳s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
authors.forename: Gerard J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Byrne
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Assessment; Diagnosis; Social anxiety; Symptom presentation