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In this study of 50 hydrophobic children around the mean age of 5½ the results were as follows: [2] 2% of parents linked their child's phobia to a direct conditioning episode. 26% of parents linked their child's phobia to a vicarious conditioning episodes. 56% of parents linked their child's phobia to their child's very first contact with water
For some children and their parents, however, it can be difficult to determine when fears are typical and when they are developing into more serious phobias or anxiety disorders.
In fact, it’s estimated that over 19 million Americans, from children to adults, have at least one phobia that they struggle with. Even the bravest characters in movies are affected by them.
Pages in category "Situational phobias" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Acrophobia;
The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe (from Greek φόβος phobos, "fear") occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, abnormal, unwarranted, persistent, or disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g. agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe chemical aversions (e.g. hydrophobic), in biology to describe organisms that dislike certain conditions (e.g ...
Fear of the dark is a common fear or phobia among toddlers, children and, to a varying degree, adults. A fear of the dark does not always concern darkness itself; it can also be a fear of possible or imagined dangers concealed by darkness. Most toddlers and children outgrow it, but this fear persists for some as a phobia and anxiety.
This handsome 18" by 24" glossy is covered with definitions of hundreds of phobias that most of us were unaware of, or unaware such traits are considered phobias, rather than reasonable reactions ...
Specific phobia is an anxiety disorder, characterized by an extreme, unreasonable, and irrational fear associated with a specific object, situation, or concept which poses little or no actual danger. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Specific phobia can lead to avoidance of the object or situation, persistence of the fear, and significant distress or problems ...