Asthma and social anxiety in adolescents.

Objective: To examine the relationship between self-reported social anxiety and asthma in a non-clinical sample of adolescents.

Study Design: High school students (n = 765) completed the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A), the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children (SPAI-C), and questions on asthma diagnosis, asthma symptoms, and asthma-related limitations and medical care. Relationships were examined between social anxiety symptoms and asthma, including history of diagnosis, diagnosis plus current symptoms, and severity.