Table 4.

Summary of studies examining the prospective association between social anxiety (SA) and lifetime suicidal attempt (LSA)

Study	Sample size	Age (range/ mean)	Percentage of female participants	Time interval (months)	Country	SA measure	Variable type	Rater	LSA measure	Variable type	Rater	Effect size: SA to LSA	Quality
Stein et al. (2001)	3021	14–24	50.59	34–50	Germany	M-CIDI	Dichotomous	Trained Interviewer	M-CIDI	Dichotomous	Trained Interviewer	0.17	Moderate

M-CIDI Munich-Composite International Diagnostic Interview (Wittchen et al., 1999)