• The effect of parental rejection on the incidence of social anxiety disorder in children
  • Iman Mosalanezhad,1,* Saeid Askari,2 Raha Sadeghi,3 Roza Sadeghi,4 Zeinab Sadat Moosavi Fard,5
    1. Master of Educational Sciences in Primary Education
    2. Master student of clinical psychology, Shiraz Azad University
    3. Master of Persian Literature
    4. Master of Sociology
    5. Department of Nursing, Faculty of nursing, Bandar Abbas Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas, Iran.


  • Introduction: The characteristics of family members, especially parents, can affect a child's behavior. This study aims to investigate the effect of parental rejection on the development of social anxiety disorder in children. The present study evaluates its importance and fundamental role.
  • Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, 300 patients aged 5 to 11 years in outpatient medical centers in Shiraz in 2009-2010 were easily selected and their behavioral disorders were diagnosed by a psychiatrist. The long type of NEO personality questionnaire was completed for their parents and then the data were analyzed by independent t-test, analysis of variance and analysis of covariance.
  • Results: Anxiety disorders in children with aggression, flexibility, striving for success, self-control, caution in decision making and total test score of parents and child mood disorders with altruistic traits, order, striving for success and caution in decision making and agitated behavior disorders with positive emotions Imagination, emotions, striving for success and the total score of the parents' test and the child's defecation were significantly associated with parental self-control (P <0.05). Most people want to socialize and many people want to be accepted by society. Rejection can provoke negative feelings and emotions in a person. For the child, the parents are considered as a shield against the calamities of the times, the parents are the source of safety and physical and mental satisfaction of the child, so the love of the parents can help the child's development in the same way. The problem of social anxiety disorder is one of these research findings that plays a major role in the large-scale impact of parental rejection and their acceptance on the formation of children's personality.
  • Conclusion: Childhood behavioral disorders such as anxiety are associated with the type of personality traits of parents.
  • Keywords: parental , rejection, social anxiety , disorder, children