Group cognitive behavioral therapy modulates the resting-state functional connectivity of amygdala-related network in patients with generalized social anxiety disorder

Table 1 Demographic information and psychological variables in GSAD and HC groups before and after treatment

	HC (n = 19)	Pretreatment GSAD (n = 15)	Posttreatment GSAD (n = 15)	T (pre-treatment vs HCs)	P (pre-treatment vs HCs)	T (pretreatment vs posttreatment)	P (pretreatment vs posttreatment)
Age (Years)	26.26 ± 4.90	27.07 ± 8.11	_	0.36	0.723	_	_
Education (Years)	15.95 ± 2.82	11.27 ± 3.35	_	−4.43	<0.001	_	_
Total LSAS (mean ± SD)	24.53 ± 17.23	78.87 ± 27.00	50.93 ± 19.13	7.14	<0.001	5.80	<0.001
LSAS _fear (mean ± SD)	11.00 ± 9.68	38.13 ± 13.21	26.60 ± 8.80	6.92	<0.001	5.50	<0.001
LSAS _avoid (mean ± SD)	13.53 ± 10.85	40.73 ± 15.22	24.33 ± 12.75	6.08	<0.001	5.11	<0.001
HAMA (mean ± SD)	2.21 ± 2.64	14.53 ± 8.51	9.33 ± 5.27	5.98	<0.001	2.59	0.021
HAMD (mean ± SD)	2.11 ± 2.62	11.00 ± 6.75	7.00 ± 4.58	5.28	<0.001	3.30	0.005

GSAD generalized social anxiety disorder, HC healthy control, LSAS Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale, HAMD Hamilton rating scale for depression, HAMA Hamilton rating scale for anxiety

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