How does Social Anxiety Affect Adolescents?
How does Social Anxiety Affect Adolescents?
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2025-05-26
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Pepe, Antonio
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This capstone project explores the impact of social anxiety on adolescents and offers practical, school-based recommendations to support affected students. Grounded in Cognitive Behavioural Theory, Self-Determination Theory, and Labelling Theory, the study examines how social anxiety influences academic performance, self-esteem, and interpersonal relationships. This article puts school counsellors' rich efforts towards stigma reduction and mental health literacy development into the limelight through evidence-based practices such as peer mentoring programs, mindfulness training, and widespread curriculum infusion. Special attention is placed on the lived experience of marginalized youth who face systematic barriers in accessing mental health services. Through student leader empowerment, staff training, and family engagement, schools can create caring communities where mental health is the norm, and help is an arm's length away. The project concludes with recommendations on creating inclusive, stigma-free learning environments promoting students' well-being and resilience.
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Social Anxiety and Adolescents
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States , openAccess