Interviewers' notes about section C: Social phobia
The aim of this section is to find out whether the child is particularly
afraid of any social situations. As for specific phobias, we are trying to
get the information we need to distinguish between mild fears (which are
common) and a true phobia. Social fears and phobias are related to being
with a lot of people, meeting new people etc. We are trying to identify
children who have far more than 'ordinary' shyness, though social phobia
might look like extreme shyness.
Again, please emphasise to the respondent that we are interested in how
the child is compared to other children of his/her age and we are
not interested in the occasional 'off day'. Parents are asked about
whether their child is afraid of particular social situations. Sometimes
the parents won't know or the situation won't apply. For example, some
parents don't know if their child is anxious about reading out loud in
front of others at school - and in some cases, the child is not attending school.
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