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The study assessed social anxiety among government and private college students in India following two years of online schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic. It found that 35% of students overall reported mild social anxiety, with 44% of private college students reporting mild anxiety compared to 26% of government college students. There were no statistically significant differences in social anxiety between males and females or between government and private college students. The study concluded that social anxiety levels were high for both groups following limited social interaction during the pandemic.

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SOCIAL ANXIETY Presentation Final

The study assessed social anxiety among government and private college students in India following two years of online schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic. It found that 35% of students overall reported mild social anxiety, with 44% of private college students reporting mild anxiety compared to 26% of government college students. There were no statistically significant differences in social anxiety between males and females or between government and private college students. The study concluded that social anxiety levels were high for both groups following limited social interaction during the pandemic.

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SOCIAL ANXIETY AMONG

GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE


COLLEGE STUDENTS

1. Thaarikaa D.S
(II Year BSc Psychology)
2. Shruthi S
(II Year BSc Psychology)
3. Dr.Rajakumari S
(Assistant Professor ,
GAC CBE)
INTRODUCTION

Social anxiety is defined as a “cognitive


and affective experience triggered by the
perception of possible evaluation by
other”(Social anxiety 2010)in social
situations. It is also called as social
phobia.
NEED FOR THE RESEARCH
The pandemic has indeed made a great impact on
the life’s of students. In the year 2020 the covid-19
pandemic caused disruption to everyday life around
the world. Schools and colleges were temporarily
closed to avoid any social gatherings or meetings.
Due to the pandemic and the provided situations the
schools and colleges were online. The lack of
interaction, social gathering for last two years might
have increased the social anxiety among the
students.
Hence an attempt was made by the researchers for
assessing social anxiety among college students.
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
TITLE AND YEAR AUTHORS SAMPLE TOOLS USED RESULTS
Social anxiety Yared Reta, 304 SOCIAL PHOBIA High prevalence of
disorder among UG Mohammed INVENTORY (SPIN) social anxiety
students of Ayalew and among medicine
Hawassa university Adres Bedaso and health science
(2020) students of
university
Social anxiety in Philip Jifferies, 6,825 SOCIAL ANXIETY Reports high rates
young people: A Michael Ungar INTERACTION of social anxiety
prevalence study in SCALE (SIAS) symptoms among
7 countries (2020) 18-25 age.

Social anxiety Bashaer 504 SOCIAL PHOBIA Higher social


disorder in medical Hassan, Al- INVENTORY (SPIN) anxiety was found
students at Taibah Hazmiet al.j among younger
University, Saudi students.
arabia.(2020)
METHODOLOGY

OBJECTIVES
To asses the level of social anxiety in
Government and Private college
students.
To asses the gender differences in
social anxiety of the entire sample.
HYPOTHESES

 The level of social anxiety in Government College


students is high.

 The level of social anxiety in Private College


students is high.

 There is statistically significant gender differences


among Government and Private college
students.
TOOLS

The Tools used was LEIBOWITZ ANXIETY


SCALE (1987) containing 24 questions divided
into two subscales: 13- Performance anxiety
and 11-Social situations.

Reliability- 0.95-0.96 (Gonbach’s alpha )

Validity- SPIN-0.67,BSPS-0.76,BAI-0.38
SAMPLE

100 college students from Government


college (50)and various Private colleges(50)
were selected in and around Coimbatore
using purposive sampling method.
The sample consists of 50 males and 50
females. They were in the age of 18-25.
PROCEDURE

100 college students from Government college


(50) and various Private colleges (50) were
selected in and around Coimbatore using
purposive sampling method. The tool used was
Leibowitz social anxiety scale. The data were
collected and statistically analysed using mean,
SD and t-test.
RESULTS AND DISSCUSION
TABLE 1

SOCIAL ANXIETY IN GOVERNMENT COLLEGE STUDENTS AND PRIVATE COLLEGE STUDENTS

GOVERNMENT COLLEGE STUDENTS PRIVATE COLLEGE STUDENTS


LEVEL OF NO:OF THE PERCENTAGE ANXIETY LEVEL NO:OF THE PERCENTAGE
ANXIETY SAMPLE SAMPLE
(N=50) (N=50)
NO 12 24% NO 12 24%
MILD 13 26% MILD 22 44%
MODERATE 10 20% MODERATE 07 14%
MARKED 07 14% MARKED 03 6%
SEVERE 03 6% SEVERE 01 2%
VERY SEVERE 05 10% VERY SEVERE 05 10%

• 26% of sample belongs to the mild level of social anxiety in Government college.
• 44% of sample belongs to the mild level of social anxiety in Private college.
• On the whole 35% of the college students belong to mild level 17% to moderate
GRAPH 1

SOCIAL ANXIETY LEVEL BETWEEN


50%
GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE COLLEGE
45%
STUDENTS.
40%

35%

30%

25%

20%

15%

10%

5%

0%
NO MILD MODERATE MARKED SEVERE VERY SEVERE

GOVERNMENT PRIVATE
TABLE 2

GENDER DIFFERENCES IN SOCIAL ANXIETY AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS

FEMALES COLLEGE STUDENTS MALE COLLEGE STUDENTS

LEVEL OF NO:OF THE PERCENTAGE LEVEL OF NO:OF THE PERCENTAGE


ANXIETY SAMPLE ANXIETY SAMPLE
(N=50) (N=50)
NO 14 28% NO 12 20%
MILD 19 38% MILD 22 30%
MODERATE 07 14% MODERATE 07 20%
MARKED 06 12% MARKED 03 10%
SEVERE 00 0% SEVERE 01 8%
VERY SEVERE 04 8% VERY SEVERE 05 12%

• 38% of sample belongs to mild level of social anxiety in female college students.
• 30% of sample belongs to mild level of social anxiety in male college students.
GRAPH 2
SOCIAL ANXIETY LEVELS BETWEEN MALE AND
FEMALE COLLEGE STUDENTS.
40%

35%

30%

25%

20%

15%

10%

5%

0%
NO MILD MODERATE MARKED SEVERE VERY SEVERE

FEMALE MALE
TABLE 3
MEAN DIFFERENCE OF SOCIAL ANXIETY IN GOVERNMENT
AND PRIVATE COLLEGE STUDENTS.
COLLEGES SAMPLE MEAN S.D. t-VALUE SIGNIFICANCE

Government 50 50.54 29.1 0.68 Not significant


Private 50 46.74 26.27

The mean difference in social anxiety between Government college students


is 50.54 and Private college students is 46.74 and the t-value is 0.68 which shows that there
is statistically no significant difference in social anxiety between Government and Private
college students.

GENDERS SAMPLE MEAN S.D. t-VALUE SIGNIFICANCE


Males 50 52.6 28.83 1.43 Not significant
Females 50 44.6 26.12

The mean difference in social anxiety between the males is 52.6 and females is 44.6 and the
t-value is 1.43 which shows that there is statistically no significant difference in social anxiety
between male and female college students.
CONCLUSION
Government college students and Private college students
belongs to high level of social anxiety in the mild category
and low level of social anxiety in severe category.
Males and females shows high level of social anxiety in the
mild category and low level of social anxiety in severe
category.
There is no statistically significant differences in the level of
social anxiety between the Government and Private college
students.
There is no statistically significant differences in the level of
social anxiety between the males and females.
LIMITATION

The limitations are

There was time constrain .

The selected area was limited.

Only one psychological variable was


taken.
SUGGESTION FOR THE FURTHER RESEARCH

 Avoiding time constrain can help in doing the


research better and effective.
 The sample area can be large as it gives
diverse answers which makes the research
more effective.
 Usage of various psychological variable can
enhance the results of the research.
REFERENCES

Philip Jifferies, Michael Ungar- Social anxiety in young


people
Ranzi M Hakami, Mohamed S Mahfouz and Nuha A
Areeshi – Social anxiety disorder and its impact in UG
students.
Fronieers in Psychology –Educational psychology.
Very well mind
Yared rita, Mohammed Ayalew and Adres Bedaso- Social
Anxiety disorder among the UG students.

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