Table 1.
Sample characteristics divided for children with high and low social anxiety
| HSAa | LSAb | p | Comparison | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 94 | 110 | ||
| Age | 12.20 (3.67) | 10.96 (2.52) | .006 | HSA > LSA |
| Gender (f/m) | 70/24 | 67/43 | .040 | |
| SPAI-C-Score | 32.58 (8.02) | 9.30 (5.65) | > .001 | HSA > LSA |
| Number of children who exceeded the cut-off for SMc | 65 | 23 | > .001 | HSA > LSA |
aHSA = high-socially anxious: children who exceeded the clinical cut-off on SPAI-C (Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children); for indication of HSA we used the Cut-off of 20 from SPAI-C;; the the division into these groups serves a better overview of important variables of our sample and we didn’t compare these two groups within our network analysis
bLSA = low socially-anxious: children who did not exceed the clinical cut-off on SPAI-C
cSM = selective mutism; for indication of SM we used Frankfurter Scale for Selective Mutism with a Cut-off of 6 or 7 depending on development-adapted version