Factors
- genetic-biological
- environmental
- cognitive
Causes of Social Anxiety/Social Phobia disorder
- genetics (having the genetic vulnerability for this disorder)
- environment (factors such as bullying)
- behavioural inhibition (temperamental characteristic of some children to respond to new situations with heightened arousal)
Fact
Being bullied or severely teased during childhood is twice as frequent as in social phobia than obsessive compulsive disorder or panic disorder.