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P-428 - Social Anxiety and Perfectionism Among Israeli Jews and Arabs: a Comparative Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

I. Iancu ,
E. Bodner  and
E. Ram
I. Iancu
Affiliation:
Yavne Mental Health Center, Beer Yaakov Hospital, Israel Department of Psychiatry, Tel Aviv University, Yavne, Israel
E. Bodner
Affiliation:
Inter-Disciplinary Department, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
E. Ram
Affiliation:
Surgery Department, Tel Aviv University, Petah Tikva, Israel

Abstract

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Introduction:

Subjects with Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) are characterized by low self-esteem, pessimism, procrastination and also perfectionism.

Objectives:

To examine the link between social anxiety and perfectionism and to evaluate cultural differences on these measures.

Aims:

To improve our understanding on cultural factors, anxiety disorders and personality features.

Methods:

Questionnaires on social anxiety, perfectionism and automatic thoughts were administered in a group of 132 students, 58 Israeli-Jewish and 74 Israeli-Arab with an average age of 26.

Results:

The rate of SAD in these students according to a score of 60 or more on the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) was 16%, a rather high rate in the Western world. the correlation between the total LSAS score and the score of perfectionism was significant (r = 0.31). Also, we will compare data on SAD and perfectionism between our two sub-samples, Jewish and Arab students. Significant differences between the Israeli-Jewish students and Israeli-Arab students appeared on two of the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scales: parental expectations and parental criticism with higher scores in the Arab students.

Conclusions:

The linkage between SAD and perfectionism will be discussed and implications for treatment will be suggested.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 27 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 20th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2012 , pp. 1
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2012
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