Associated Disorders

I've noticed when searching up fears and insecurities, I've seen a lot of my searches linked to anxiety disorders. So, I chose to see how it connected to my topic.

Muris, P., & Dietvorst, R. (2006). Underlying Personality Characteristics of Behavioral Inhibition in Children. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 36(4), 437-445. doi:10.1007/s10578-006-0014-9

• This article studies a certain amount of fear can actually lead to an anxiety disorder.  It says, "The present study investigated the hypothesis that behavioral inhibition is characterized by a specific constellation of two underlying personality characteristics, namely high levels of neuroticism and low levels of effortful control." 

These two factors which are found in self-conscious people who have low self-esteem which understandably can introduce an anxiety disorder.

Another article I found was

Lainga, S. V., Fernyhougha, C., Turnera, M., & Freeston, M. H. (2009). Fear, worry, and ritualistic behaviour in childhood: developmental trends and interrelations. Infant & Child Development, 18(4), 351-366. 

• This article states that fear, worry, and habitual behavior start an early age. Those that showed these emotions and behaviors delineates that fear and worry were positively correlated. This means that the more you fear something, the more you worry about it, and vice versa. However, habitual behavior had a stronger relevance to anxiety than fear did.

This study further depict that although fear may drive to anxiety disorders, it does not mean that it's a more serious and absolute reason for anxiety disorders. Again, fears can change over time and it does depend on the type of person, their genetics, their sensitivity to a particular fear, and age.