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November 9, 2025Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Unraveling Symptom Heterogeneity and Core Features of Adolescent Social Anxiety: Insights From Latent Profile and Network Analyses

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MYMeng YuTXTong XieRCRunting Chen

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Cross‐sectional survey reveals social anxiety subgroups in adolescents, indicating gender differences and core predictors.

Key Points

  • The aim is to investigate the heterogeneity of social anxiety symptoms among adolescents.
  • Conducted a cross-sectional survey with 6540 Chinese adolescents aged 11 to 19 years.
  • Applied latent profile analysis to identify social anxiety subgroups.
  • Utilized network analysis to examine interactions among symptoms.
  • Identified four distinct subgroups of social anxiety symptoms among adolescents.
  • Found significant age and gender differences across the identified profiles.
  • Revealed central symptoms using network analysis, indicating resistance to intervention.

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Yu et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69253a35c0ce034ddc357a96https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70042
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