Role of ethnicity in social anxiety disorder: A cross-sectional survey among health science students

Table 2 Social anxiety (Ethnicity-Social Phobia Inventory scores): Socio-demographic variables and associated psychopathology in students with and without social anxiety disorder

Socio-demographic status:	E-SPIN (same ethnicity)			E-SPIN (different ethnicity)
	No-SAD n (%)	SAD n (%)	χ2(P)	No-SAD n (%)	SAD n (%)	χ2(P)
Gender
Male	22 (61.1)	14 (38.9)	4.60a	20 (55.6)	16 (44.4)	5.22a
Female	30 (39.5)	46 (60.5)		25 (32.9)	51 (67.1)
Ethnicity
Black	3 (17.6)	14 (82.4)	8.53a	3 (17.6)	14 (82.4)	6.02 (0.11)
White	31 (56.4)	24 (43.6)		27 (49.1)	28 (50.9)
Indian/Asian	8 (47.1)	9 (52.9)		7 (41.2)	10 (57.8)
Colored	7 (36.8)	12 (63.2)		6 (31.6)	13 (68.4)
SES
Low	1 (50.0)	1 (50.0)	3.84 (0.15)	1 (50.0)	1 (50.0)	5.19 (0.08)
Medium	19 (36.5)	33 (63.5)		15 (28.8)	37 (71.2)
High	32 (55.2)	26 (44.8)		29 (50.0)	29 (50.0)
Clinical measures:
DUDIT
No drug related problems	31 (41.3)	44 (58.7)	1.76 (0.18)	30 (40.0)	45 (60.0)	0.23 (0.63)
Drug related problems	9 (60.0)	6 (40.0)		5 (33.3)	10 (66.7)
AUDIT
No alcohol related problems	32 (42.7)	43 (57.3)	0.26 (0.61)	29 (38.7)	46 (61.3)	0.09 (0.77)
Alcohol related problems	7 (50.0)	7 (50.0)		6 (42.9)	8 (57.1)
CES-D
No depression	28 (59.6)	19 (40.4)	10.04b	24 (51.1)	23 (48.9)	5.75a
Depression	11 (26.2)	31 (73.8)		11 (26.2)	31 (73.8)

^aP < 0.05, 60.5% females (n = 46) vs 38.9% males (n = 14); different ethnicity 67.1 % females (n = 51) vs 44.4% males; and anxiety in ethnic group and SAD in the context of same-ethnic interactions-Black students vs others of their own ethnicity;

^bP < 0.01, students with SAD met criteria for depression (73.8%) vs students without the disorder (26.2%); same ethnicity 73.8.% vs 26.2%; and different ethnicity 73.8% vs 26.2%. SES Categories Low: 6-19; Medium: 20-33; High: 34-44; E-SPIN: Ethnicity-Social Phobia Inventory; DUDIT: Drug Use Disorders Identification Test; AUDIT: Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; CES-D: Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale; SES: Social economic status; SHY-SR: Social Anxiety Spectrum Self-Report Scale.