Compared with the mothers of the children in both comparison groups, the mothers of the children who were purely shy (
i.e. shy children with no comorbid condition) had a significantly raised lifetime rate of anxiety disorder in general, and social phobia in particular.
By screening 867
children, 43
shy children, 59
children with another form of disturbance (
i.e. fearfulness, feeding problem or conduct problem) and 26
children with no disturbance were identified.