Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with social phobia and healthy controls

Group; mean ± SD
CharacteristicSocial phobiaControlt valuep value*
Age, yr29.19 ± 7.9829.29 ± 9.140.040.97
Education, yr15.14 ± 1.9315.52 ± 1.910.640.52
Verbal intelligence†111.67 ± 14.09114.14 ± 12.390.610.55
BDI14.09 ± 10.121.48 ± 1.54−5.65< 0.001
STAI-T53.86 ± 11.5431.52 ± 3.75−8.43< 0.001
STAI-S41.38 ± 9.5530.61 ± 3.51−4.85< 0.001
SPS37.67 ± 14.413.62 ± 3.75−10.48< 0.001
SIAS46.14 ± 14.458.38 ± 5.88−11.09< 0.001

  • BDI = Beck Depression Inventory; SD = standard deviation; SIAS = Social Interaction Anxiety Scale; SPS = Social Phobia Scale; STAI-S = State–Trait Anxiety Inventory, state version; STAI-T = State–Trait Anxiety Inventory, trait version.

  • ↵* 2-tailed.

  • ↵† Assessed with the Mehrfachwahl–Wortschatz–Intelligenztest.41