Social Anxiety, Social Acceptance and Academic Self-Perceptions in High-School Students

Levpušček, Melita Puklek; Berce, Jelka

doi:10.5559/di.21.2.06

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“…This result is supported by a study that indicated the overall prevalence of SA among university students was 32.8% (Reta et al, 2020). This finding is also in line with another study conducted in the Ethiopian University of Gondar (31.2%) (Levpuscek & Berce, 2012). It is also consistent with studies from universities of Iraq (28.3%) (Ahmad et al, 2017), Saudi Arabiya (29.8%) (Jarallah et al, 2017).…”

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confidence: 87%

Rejection Sensitivity and Social Anxiety among University Students in Yemen

Zaid,

Taresh,

Aljumaili

2023

IJEISSAH

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Background: People readiness to recognize and react to rejection can vary, those who detect purposeful rejection in slight or even imagined insensitivity of others react in a way that disturb themselves and others. This study examined the association between rejection sensitivity and social anxiety among Yemeni adults. Method: Correlational design was utilized in this study, and data was collected from 339 Yemeni university students (99 males and 239 females). Results: Almost 34% of the sample exhibited a high level of rejection sensitivity (RS); whereas 69% reported a low level of social anxiety (SA). There was no significant difference between males and females in RS level, however, females reported a higher level of social anxiety compared to males. Moreover, SR and SA were significantly and positively correlated though the correlation was low. Conclusion: Future studies need to confirm the strength of the relationship between RS and RA among university students

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

Rejection Sensitivity and Social Anxiety among University Students in Yemen

Zaid,

Taresh,

Aljumaili

2023

IJEISSAH

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“…Social anxiety has been defined as a "marked, or intense, fear or anxiety of social situations in which the individual may be scrutinized by others" (American Psychiatric Association, 2016, p. 18). Studies have found that adolescents with high levels of social anxiety both experience less acceptance and support (La Greca & Lopez, 1998;Levpuscek & Berce, 2012), and tend to be rejected and excluded by their peers (e.g., Greco & Morris, 2005;Levpuscek & Berce, 2012;Siegel et al, 2009). In the present study, social anxiety was measured using the Mini-Social Phobia Inventory (mini-SPIN), a threeitem scale derived from the Social Phobia Inventory (Connor et al, 2000).…”

Section: Social Anxietymentioning

confidence: 90%

The VIP Partnership Programme in Norwegian Schools: An Assessment of Intervention Effects

Morin

2020

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

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This study used a quasi-experimental design to evaluate the efficacy of the universal, school-based VIP-Makkerskap [VIP Partnership] programme. 1101 students in a test group and 734 students in a control group completed questionnaires one week (t1), ten weeks (t2), and six months (t3) after programme implementation. A one-way ANCOVA showed that at t2 and t3, students in the test group reported significantly higher social classroom environment scores than the control group, but the effect sizes were small (d = .10 and .09, respectively). Further analyses showed that five of the ten test schools accounted for the increase in the outcome variable from t1-t2. In these schools, a greater proportion of teachers had used the programme since its beginning in 2015, compared to the schools that did not report an increase. The results suggest that teachers' experience in using VIP Partnership is a key component of the programme's effectiveness.

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“…While both assessments administered have not been previously used with participants high in social anxiety, the current findings are in-line with a number of past studies suggesting socially anxious individuals may exhibit increased performance in scholastic achievement. For instance, Puklek Levpušček and Berce (2012) found that social anxiety was positively associated with grade point average in a sample of high-school students. One interpretation of these results is that socially anxious individuals spend more of their time in solitary activities (e.g., studying and reading), thus leading to gains in scholastic achievement.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Fewer studies examine the relations between social anxiety and crystallized cognition, but findings are similarly inconsistent. Most of the relevant work examines the relations between anxiety and academic performance ( Wood, 2006 ; Puklek Levpušček and Berce, 2012 ). Some work links high levels of social anxiety to high levels of crystallized cognition.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Some work links high levels of social anxiety to high levels of crystallized cognition. For example, Puklek Levpušček and Berce (2012) found that high school students high on social anxiety scales exhibit better academic performance than students low on these scales. However, other studies found no such associations using IQ-related measures ( Cohen et al, 1996 ; Graver and White, 2007 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Cognitive functioning in socially anxious adults: insights from the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery

2015

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Theory suggests that individuals with social anxiety manifest unique patterns of cognition with less efficient fluid cognition and unperturbed crystallized cognition; however, empirical support for these ideas remains inconclusive. The heterogeneity of past findings may reflect unreliability in cognitive assessments or the influence of confounding variables. The present study examined the relations among social anxiety and performance on the reliable, newly established NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery. Results indicate that high socially anxious adults performed as well as low anxious participants on all measures of fluid cognition. However, high socially anxious adults demonstrated enhanced crystallized cognitive abilities relative to a low socially anxious comparison group.

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Social Anxiety, Social Acceptance and Academic Self-Perceptions in High-School Students

Cited by 8 publications

References 25 publications

Rejection Sensitivity and Social Anxiety among University Students in Yemen

Rejection Sensitivity and Social Anxiety among University Students in Yemen

The VIP Partnership Programme in Norwegian Schools: An Assessment of Intervention Effects

Cognitive functioning in socially anxious adults: insights from the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery

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