Abstract

The purpose of this study investigates the effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy on Middle school students with social anxiety. Cognitive reconstruction and Social skill training are included in this program according to early adolescents' cognitive development. Cognitive reconstruction is conducted to train changing negative automatic thinking to rational alternative thinking. Social skill components are 'praising', 'I-message' to deliever one's feeling and thought adequately. Eighteen middle school students with social anxiety were selected through Social anxiety scale for childhood and adolescents-Korean and Teacher observation report, and randomly assigned cognitive-behavioral group (n=9) and waiting-list control group (n=9). Assumption is more reduction of social anxiety by cognitive behavioral therapy compared to waiting list control group. Social anxiety is reduced by cognitive behavioral therapy. Finally, The implications and limitations of this study and suggestions for future study were also discussed. (Korean J Str Res 2008;16:181∼189)

• Keywords: Social anxiety, Social skill training, Cognitive-behavioral therapy, Adolescents