Investigating the role of social anxiety in predicting students academic self-efficacy

Pardis NikMehr¹ Hanieh Ghorbani² Ali Salmani³

1) Master of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran.
2) Master of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran.
3) Master of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Mohaghegh Ardabili University.

IOI Code : XDDC-FCZHH
Publication : 1th National Conference on Clinical Psychology of Children and Adolescents (cpcauma.ir)
Abstract :
    The aim of this study was to investigate the role of social anxiety in predicting academic self-efficacy of female high school students in Zanjan. The research method was descriptive-correlational and its statistical population included all female high school students who were studying in 1399 and the sample size of 70 people was selected by convenience sampling. Scherrer s academic self-efficacy questionnaire and adolescents social anxiety questionnaire were used to collect data. Pearson correlation analysis and multivariate regression were used to analyze the data. The results showed that there was a significant negative relationship between social anxiety (R = -0.563) and academic self-efficacy (P <0.01). Also, the results of regression analysis showed that the predictor (independent) variable of social anxiety has the ability to predict (criterion variable) students academic self-efficacy. In summary, the results of this study can be inferred that social anxiety has a significant relationship with academic self-efficacy.

Keywords : social anxiety academic self efficacy students