The association between trait anxiety and the fear of being laughed at in college: A preliminary study with a Brazilian sample.
Brain Behav
; 12(11): e2757, 2022 11.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2118861
ABSTRACT
AIM:
To evaluate how gelotophobia correlates with trait anxiety in a sample of Brazilian college students.METHODS:
We evaluated the association of GELOPH < 15 > scores with both self-reported experiences of bullying victimization and trait anxiety measures assessed by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). The study consisted of a sample of 65 adult volunteers (M = 21.48, SD = 2.54 years, 38 females), recruited through social media or flyer distribution, and submitted to online versions of the gelotophobia assessment instrument (GELOPH < 15 >) and the STAI.RESULTS:
Most participants (N = 56, 86.15%) had an STAI-T score indicative of high trait anxiety. The average GELOPH < 15 > score of the sample was 2.69 (0.65) and 39 of the subjects (60%) were considered gelotophobes. There was a strong positive correlation between the GELOPH < 15 > and STAI-T scores but no correlation between bullying and either the STAI-T and GELOPH < 15 > scores. However, the great majority of subjects with gelotophobia reported been previously bullied.CONCLUSION:
In our sample, all gelotophobes had trait anxiety, but only a fraction of anxious subjects had gelotophobia. These preliminary findings expand on previous reports underscoring the high prevalence of mental health problems afflicting higher education students in Brazil.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Anxiety
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Fear
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Brain Behav
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brb3.2757
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