Heightened awareness of common odors like floral scents or kitchen smells is linked to anxiety, while increased sensitivity to "social odors" is an indicator of depression, new research suggests.
While several studies have looked at the relationship between social media and body dissatisfaction, there is an obvious dearth of empirical studies on the mediating role of social anxiety- a gap this study hoped to address. Using a cross-sectional research design, this study examined the mediating role of social anxiety on the relationship between social media usage and body dissatisfaction. The sample consisted of 432 students from Kampala International University and Victoria University in Uganda. The findings show a significant positive relationship between social media usage and body dissatisfaction. The findings prove that heavy users of social media are significantly more likely to suffer from body dissatisfaction. In a similar vein, the findings show that there is a significant positive relationship between social media usage and social anxiety. This suggests that people that frequently make use of social media have a much higher chance of suffering from social anxiety, that i
A survey of the mental health of First Nations teens who live off reserve in Ontario, Canada, indicates higher levels of mental health disorders than their non–First Nations peers.
affected your daughter beyond just the academics? my daughter has selective mu, social anxiety, she needs to be in the classroom and be around people. that helps her get more experience and comfortable with being around people s, and so ts has really took her back. she was so excited when school started and was very happy to be able to, you know, meet with her friends again in person, and she even said when school started that she started feeling like she was doing better, and she had friends that she was, you know, hanging out with at lunch, and she would come home and talk about it. she also has a 504 plan which requires her to see a social worker who helps her with her social skills, and so these are things that she is not being able to get while she s at home on the laptop all day, which is