The Relationship between Defensive Self-Expression Strategies and Existential Expression with Social Anxiety in Students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz

Alipuor, Mohsen; Basak Nejad, Sudaba; Zargar, Yadollah

doi:10.22055/jacp.2022.41310.1242

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Master of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

² Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

³ Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22055/jacp.2022.41310.1242

Abstract

Social anxiety is one of the most common psychological disorders that prevent a person from being efficient in the occupational, academic, and social fields. In this regard, this research aimed to investigate the relationship between defensive self-expression strategies and existential expression with social anxiety in students of the Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. For this purpose, a sample of 340 students from the Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz was selected by multi-stage random sampling method, and the self-expression questionnaire and social anxiety dimensions’ questionnaire were used. Correlation and regression methods were used for data analysis. The results of the data analysis showed that strategies of defensive self-expression and existential self-expression were predictors of students' social anxiety. Therefore, the results indicate that self-expression variables can predict social anxiety.

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