Abstract

Objective: To systematically review the effect of parenting styles, self esteem, quality of life, emotional intelligence, and brain activity on social anxiety disorder (SAD) in adolescents, specifically in Asian countries.
Methodology: Studies included were based on the age of the participants which falls between the range of 6-20 years. These were related to SAD in adolescents, associated factors including parenting style, self esteem, quality of life, emotional intelligence and brain activity. All these were in the English language and published between 2012 to 2022. Data were taken from three research gates; Google scholar, PubMed and Science Direct. All studies were from Pakistan, India, Saudi Arabia and China.
Results: SAD was directly associated with authoritarian parenting style, interbrain synchrony between parents and adolescents, low self esteem, challenged quality of life, weaker emotional intelligence, and higher activity in the amygdala of the brain.
Conclusion: SAD is a common phenomenon in patriarchal societies. In these societies authoritarian parenting is commonly exercised that results in serious challenges like low self esteem, weak emotional intelligence and low quality of life of the individual. All of these factors affect the life of adolescents experiencing SAD in different circumstances.

Key words: Social anxiety, social phobia, adolescence, quality of life, parenting style, self-esteem, amygdala, emotional processing.