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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2011 Jul 23;50(9):870–880. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2011.06.005

Table 3.

Association of Lifetime Social Phobia and Subtypes With Other Mental Disorders



Disorder
Any Social Phobia Non-generalized Generalized Generalized
vs.
Non-generalized
χ2(1)
% (SE) aOR (95% CI) % (SE) aOR (95% CI) % (SE) aOR (95% CI)
Anxiety Disordersa 20.1 (1.5) 3.46 (2.64–4.55) 7.3 (0.8) 3.33 (2.22–5.00) 12.8 (1.3) 3.17 (1.96–5.11) 28.7***
  Specific Phobia 21.5 (1.6) 2.33 (1.66–3.26) 8.5 (0.9) 2.59 (1.60–4.21) 13.0 (1.4) 1.91 (1.23–2.97) 7.8**
  Agoraphobia 32.4 (6.2) 4.00 (2.28–7.02) 5.5 (2.0) 1.26 (0.48–3.32) 27.0 (6.2) 5.32 (3.24–8.74) 43.5***
  Panic Disorder 27.2 (4.7) 2.01 (0.99–4.07) 6.7 (3.0) 1.35 (0.37–4.88) 20.5 (4.1) 2.26 (1.21–4.22) 8.0**
  PTSD 24.4 (3.9) 1.38 (0.7–2.61) 7.3 (1.5) 2.03 (1.10–3.76) 17.1 (3.5) 1.00 (0.46–2.17) 0.0
  GAD 32.0 (7.0) 1.84 (0.68–5.03) 7.7 (3.2) 1.17 (0.29–4.71) 24.4 (7.6) 2.05 (0.61–6.91) 1.4
  SAD 27.4 (3.2) 3.19 (2.07–4.91) 9.3 (1.9) 2.25 (1.00–5.06) 18.1 (3.1) 3.29 (1.96–5.54) 16.1***
Mood Disordersa 18.6 (1.6) 1.48 (0.80–2.74) 5.3 (0.8) 1.08 (0.53–2.19) 13.3 (1.6) 1.64 (0.79–3.41) 2.4
  Major Depression 18.7 (1.6) 1.67 (0.89–3.14) 5.4 (0.8) 1.27 (0.60–2.67) 13.3 (1.6) 1.81 (0.85–3.83) 3.1
  Dysthymia 17.4 (3.5) 0.42 (0.16–1.06) 3.2 (1.1) 0.25 (0.04–1.36) 14.2 (3.3) 0.51 (0.18–1.45) 0.3
Behavior Disordersb 15.2 (2.1) 1.93 (1.14–3.28) 5.5 (1.1) 1.96 (0.79–4.90) 9.7 (1.8) 1.75 (0.99–3.09) 4.7*
  ODD 17.8 (4.0) 1.78 (1.00–3.14) 5.3 (1.2) 1.39 (0.72–2.68) 12.5 (4.1) 1.90 (0.96–3.73) 5.1*
  Conduct Disorder 16.9 (3.0) 1.27 (0.80–2.00) 6.1 (1.4) 1.62 (0.87–3.00) 10.8 (3.0) 1.05 (0.53–2.08) 0.0
  ADHD 11.7 (2.0) 0.99 (0.47–2.08) 4.3 (1.4) 0.93 (0.30–2.83) 7.4 (1.4) 1.06 (0.53–2.10) 0.0
Substance Use Disordersa 17.4 (2.1) 1.82 (1.06–3.11) 6.1 (1.2) 1.85 (0.89–3.87) 11.4 (1.5) 1.70 (0.90–3.22) 0.3
  Alcohol Use Disorders 17.5 (2.2) 0.60 (0.31–1.16) 4.6 (1.3) 0.42 (0.20–0.89) 12.9 (2.0) 0.83 (0.38–1.78) 0.0
  Drug Use Disorders 20.1 (2.5) 2.87 (1.60–5.15) 7.2 (1.5) 3.11 (1.47–6.58) 13.0 (1.7) 2.36 (1.15–4.84) 4.2*

Note: P values based on Wald chi-square tests. ADHD=attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; aOR=Models adjusted for adolescent sex, age, and other emotional and behavioral disorders (but the disorder of interest); CI = confidence interval; GAD=generalized anxiety disorder; ODD=oppositional defiant disorder; PTSD=post-traumatic stress disorder; SAD=separation anxiety disorder; SE = standard error.

a

Reports based on adolescent Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI; n=10,123).

b

Reports based on adolescent CIDI and parent self-administered questionnaire sample (n=6,483).

*

p ≤ 0. 05;

**

p ≤ 0. 01;

***

p ≤ 0.001