Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2-2017
Journal / Book Title
Children's Health Care
Abstract
This investigation explored the relationship between food allergies and social anxiety in a school-based sample of adolescents. A total of 849 participants, including 87 endorsing food allergies, completed standardized questionnaires assessing social anxiety symptoms. Food allergic participants answered questions assessing allergy characteristics, worry and avoidance related to allergen exposure and allergy disclosure, and parental worry and control. Boys with food allergies reported higher social anxiety than boys without food allergies, though no differences were found in girls. Social anxiety was correlated with parental worry and control. Findings may inform anxiety prevention programs for youth with food allergies.
DOI
10.1080/02739615.2015.1124773
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Fox, Jeremy K and Masia, Carrie, "Food Allergy and Social Anxiety in a Community Sample of Adolescents" (2017). Department of Psychology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 232.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/psychology-facpubs/232
Published Citation
Fox, J. K., & Masia Warner, C. (2017). Food allergy and social anxiety in a community sample of adolescents. Children's Health Care, 46(1), 93-107.