Level of Self-Consciousness and Social Interaction Anxiety among Adolescents of Educational and Non- coeducational Schools of Lahore

The study aims at identifying a one-to-one correspondence among self-consciousness and social interaction anxiety between students. Furthermore, the differences between coeducational and non-coeducational schools were also studied. Correlation research design and purposive sampling strategy was used to collect the data. A total sample of N= 200 participants were selected out of which 100 students were enrolled in coeducational, boys and girls, each (n= 50) and 100 participants who were enrolled in non-coeducational schools, boys and girls, each (n= 50) with ages ranging between 14-19 years old. The scales used in the research were The Self-Consciousness Revised Scale (Scheier & Carver, 1985) and Social Interaction Anxiousness Scale (Leary, 1983). Results suggested strong correlation among self-consciousness both in public and private, as well as in social anxiety and social interaction anxiety. Moreover, no differences were found in relation to the self-consciousness and social interaction anxiety between the students enrolled both within coeducational and non-coeducational schools.