The Study of Explicit and implicit memory in social phobia and normal people

Anxiety disorders, particularly social phobia, are one of the most important disorders in students requiring attention. This aim study compared Explicit and implicit memory in social phobia people and normal people. In this study with causal – comparative method 50 subjects with social phobia and 50 normal individuals have compared, Subjects were selected Through Screeningfrom between Tabriz university students. Data collected measures of social phobia, the word stem completion test & Note the sign test. Data was analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance. This study showed that in positive and negative words implicit memory in social phobia people and normal subject’s Significant differences between the two groups of people with social phobia and normal people. But are not significant differences between the two groups in explicit memory.