The Relationship Between Social Anxiety Levels and Self Esteem, Parental Attitudes, Perfectionism Traits of Seventh and Eighth Grade Students in Secondary School
Journal Title: Turkish Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health - Year 2019, Vol 26, Issue 3
Abstract
Objectives: The present study was conducted to examine the relationship between social anxiety levels and self-esteem, perceived parental attitudes and perfectionism traits in secondary school students. Materials and Methods: In this study, 970 students (503 females and 467 males) were recruited from secondary schools in Trabzon in the 2016-2017 academic year. The Social Anxiety scale for Children Updated Form, Two Dimensional Self- Esteem scale (Self-Liking/Self Competence scale, Parental Attitude scale, Adaptive-Maladaptive Perfectionism scale were administered to the participants. Results: It was found that there was a significant negative correlation between social anxiety levels and self-esteem of the students. Social anxiety had a significant negative correlation with over-involvement and authoritative parental attitudes; however, there was not a significant relationship between democratic parental attitude and social anxiety. While the findings indicated that there was a significant positive correlation between the students’ social anxiety levels and negative perfectionist traits, there was not a significant correlation between positive perfectionism and social anxiety. It was confirmed that self-liking and self-competence, which are two dimensions of self-esteem, authoritative and over-involvement parental attitudes, and negative perfectionism significantly predicted social anxiety. Conclusion: Social anxiety which individuals have during adolescence period can be described as a psychological term associated with their self-assessment manner, some of their parents’ parental attitudes, and their perception about making everything the best.
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Kübra Eroğlu, Hatice Odacı
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- EP ID EP675888
- DOI 10.4274/tjcamh.galenos.2019.2018.08.023
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