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01-09-2019 | Affective Disorder | Original Article

The importance of avoidant personality in social anxiety disorder with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Authors: Caner Yoldas, Bilge Dogan, Oktay Kocabas, Cagdas Oyku Memis, Doga Sevincok, Levent Sevincok

Published in: ADHD Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders | Issue 3/2019

Abstract

In the present study, our primary aim was to compare the generalized social anxiety (GSAD) patients with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in terms of avoidant personality disorder (AVPD), and some clinical variables. We also investigated the relationship of AVPD and depression with ADHD and GSAD. We hypothesized that ADHD may be associated with AVPD in patients with GSAD. Seventy-six patients with GSAD were evaluated for depression, AVPD, and childhood and adulthood diagnoses of ADHD. The GSAD patients with (n = 34) and without adulthood ADHD (n = 30) were compared with respect to some sociodemographic and clinical variables. GSAD patients with adulthood ADHD had significantly higher comorbid diagnosis of AVPD, more avoidant personality and depression symptoms than those without ADHD. Pearson’s correlation coefficient in total sample (n = 76) showed that the mean number of AVPD criteria was significantly associated with the severity of Beck Depression Inventory, Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS), and inattention symptoms of ADHD. There were no correlations between the total and subscale scores of Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale and the mean number of AVPD criteria. The scores of WURS significantly predicted the mean number of AVPD criteria (β = 0.305, p= 0.007). The severity of current depression (β = 0.143, p = 0.30) and inattention symptoms of adulthood ADHD (β = 0.112, p = 0.46) were not associated with the severity of AVPD symptoms. These results might demonstrate that comorbid AVPD in adult SAD patients was related to a childhood ADHD independent from depression, and inattention symptoms of ADHD in adulthood.

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Title: The importance of avoidant personality in social anxiety disorder with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Authors: Caner Yoldas
Bilge Dogan
Oktay Kocabas
Cagdas Oyku Memis
Doga Sevincok
Levent Sevincok
Publication date: 01-09-2019
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Keywords: Affective Disorder
Affective Disorder
Social Anxiety Disorder
Anxiety
Published in: ADHD Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders / Issue 3/2019
Print ISSN: 1866-6116
Electronic ISSN: 1866-6647
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12402-019-00291-x

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