Extra-curricular sport participation: A potential buffer against social anxiety symptoms in primary school children
Abstract
Social anxiety (SA) is characterized by high anxiety in social situations and can be significantly debilitating in its long-term duration. In the case of children it additionally has a negative impact on the child’s social and cognitive development. As reported in Wipfli, Rethorst, and Landers’ (2008) meta-analysis, exercise does have an anxiolytic effect. In this study, the role of sport as a mediating variable in the onset or development of SA...
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Title
Extra-curricular sport participation: A potential buffer against social anxiety symptoms in primary school children
Published Date
Jul 1, 2011
Volume
12
Issue
4
Pages
347 - 354
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