Design and Testing a Model of Some Antecedents of students Social Anxiety

Abstract

The aim of this study was to design and test a model of some antecedents of social anxiety. This descriptive research used the structural equation modeling (SEM) method. The statistical population was included all the students of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of medical sciences in 2020-2021, of which 581 were selected by multistage cluster sampling method. The tools were Social Phobia Inventory, Shyness Scale, Shame Scale, Behavioral Inhibition system, Anger Expression Inventory and Depression Scale. Data were analyzed by SEM method. Fit indices showed that the research model had a good fit with the data. The effect of the coefficient of direct standard paths of behavioral inhibition, shyness, depression, shame with social anxiety were significant but the direct coefficient for anger on social anxiety was not significant. Also, the findings confirm the significant indirect relationships of behavioral inhibition and shyness with the mediating roles of depression and shame. The research findings showed the importance of behavioral inhibition and shyness as influencing factors on students' social anxiety with the mediation of depression and shame. According to the role of factors in the research model, it can be used in designing the treatment of students' social anxiety.

Keywords

• anger
• behavioral inhibition
• shame
• shyness
• social anxiety