Table 1.
Clinical and socio-demographic characteristics of patients with generalized social phobia and healthy controls
| Group; mean (SD)* |
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|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | GSP patients, n = 24 | Controls, n = 24 |
| Age, yr, mean (SD) [range] | 32 (10) [19–49] | 31 (9) [19–47] |
| Education, no. of yr | 15 (2) | 15 (2) |
| Sex, male:female, no. | 12:12 | 12:12 |
| Handedness, right:left, no. | 23:1 | 22:2 |
| Duration of disorder, yr | 15 (10) | – |
| Age at disorder onset, yr | 17 (5) | – |
| DSM-IV diagnoses, no. of patients | – | |
| GSP | 15 | – |
| GSP, avoidant personality disorder | 7 | – |
| GSP, bulimia nervosa | 1 | – |
| GSP, panic disorder with agoraphobia | 1 | – |
| Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale17 score | – | |
| Anxiety | 38 (9) | – |
| Avoidance | 29 (9) | – |
| Number of fears | 18 (3) | – |
| Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory19 score† | 4 (1) | – |
| State Trait Anxiety Inventory,20 state anxiety score | 45 (10) | – |
| Beck Depression Inventory21 | 13 (7) | – |
GSP = generalized social phobia; SD = standard deviation.
*
Unless otherwise indicated.
†
German version with 22 items (range: 0–6).