The interplay between self-esteem and social anxiety in adults with epilepsy: the role of seizure frequency

IF 2.3 3区医学 Q2 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Epilepsy & Behavior Pub Date : 2025-10-17 DOI:10.1016/j.yebeh.2025.110764

Fatma Gündüz Oruç , Gülden Atan

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Abstract

Objective

The aim of this study was to determine the self-esteem and social anxiety levels of adult individuals with epilepsy and to examine the moderating effect of seizure frequency on these variables.

Method

The study was planned as a descriptive and cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 307 adults with epilepsy living in Van province in eastern Turkey who met the inclusion criteria. Personal information form, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), and Social Anxiety Scale Short Form were used to collect the data. Data analysis was performed with SPSS Statistics 27 package program at 95 % confidence level and significance level was accepted as p < 0.05.

Results

The mean self-esteem score of the participants was 23.46 ± 1.71 and the mean social anxiety score was 29.55 ± 2.21. Self-esteem did not show a significant difference according to sociodemographic and clinical characteristics (p > 0.05). Statistically significant differences were found in social anxiety levels in terms of educational status and occupation (p = 0.001 and p = 0.005). The relationship between seizure frequency and self-esteem had a significant negative predictive effect on social fear and restlessness in new situations (b = -0.497; p = 0.001), while the moderating effect of seizure frequency was not statistically significant (p > 0.05).

Conclusion

Self-esteem of individuals with epilepsy was found to be high and homogeneously distributed independent of sociodemographic factors such as gender, age, and educational status. Social anxiety levels varied according to educational and occupational status.

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成人癫痫患者自尊与社交焦虑的相互作用：癫痫发作频率的作用。

目的：本研究的目的是确定成人癫痫患者的自尊和社交焦虑水平，并检查癫痫发作频率对这些变量的调节作用。方法：本研究计划为描述性和横断面研究。该样本包括居住在土耳其东部凡省符合纳入标准的307名成人癫痫患者。采用个人信息表、Rosenberg自尊量表（RSES）和社交焦虑量表短表进行数据收集。采用SPSS统计软件27进行数据分析，置信水平为95%，显著性水平为p。结果：受试者自尊得分均值为23.46±1.71，社交焦虑得分均值为29.55±2.21。自尊在社会人口学和临床特征上无显著差异（p < 0.05）。受教育程度和职业对社交焦虑水平的影响差异有统计学意义（p = 0.001和p = 0.005）。自尊与发作频率的关系对新情境社交恐惧和不安有显著负向预测作用（b = -0.497, p = 0.001），而发作频率的调节作用无统计学意义（p > 0.05）。结论：癫痫患者自尊水平较高，且分布均匀，不受性别、年龄、学历等社会人口因素的影响。社交焦虑水平因教育和职业状况而异。

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Epilepsy & Behavior 医学-行为科学

CiteScore

5.40

自引率

15.40%

发文量

385

审稿时长

43 days

期刊介绍： Epilepsy & Behavior is the fastest-growing international journal uniquely devoted to the rapid dissemination of the most current information available on the behavioral aspects of seizures and epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior presents original peer-reviewed articles based on laboratory and clinical research. Topics are drawn from a variety of fields, including clinical neurology, neurosurgery, neuropsychiatry, neuropsychology, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, and neuroimaging. From September 2012 Epilepsy & Behavior stopped accepting Case Reports for publication in the journal. From this date authors who submit to Epilepsy & Behavior will be offered a transfer or asked to resubmit their Case Reports to its new sister journal, Epilepsy & Behavior Case Reports.