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Factors related to self‐reported social anxiety symptoms among incoming university students
Author(s) -
Cheng Shu Hui,
Sun ZihJie,
Lee I Hui,
Lee ChihTing,
Chen Kao Chin,
Tsai Chung Hung,
Yang Yen Kuang,
Yang Yi Ching
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
early intervention in psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.087
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1751-7893
pISSN - 1751-7885
DOI - 10.1111/eip.12247
Subject(s) - psychology , clinical psychology , suicidal ideation , anxiety , addiction , social anxiety , social support , scale (ratio) , logistic regression , ideation , psychiatry , poison control , suicide prevention , medicine , social psychology , physics , environmental health , quantum mechanics , cognitive science
Aim The aim of this study was to explore the lifestyle/social, personality trait and mental factors among incoming university students with higher self‐reported social anxiety symptoms ( SAS ). Methods A total of 5126 incoming university students were recruited. The test battery included a self‐administered questionnaire that examined personal lifestyle, the M easurement of S upport F unctions, the C hinese I nternet A ddiction S cale‐ R evision, the O rganizational C itizenship B ehaviour S cale, the S ocial P hobia I nventory, the suicide ideation from the B rief S ymptoms R ating S cale and the P ittsburgh S leep Q uestionnaire. Results SAS (23.7%) were prevalent. Using logistic regression analysis, we found that the significant predictors of higher levels of SAS were being an undergraduate student and a non‐smoker, having lower M easurement of S upport F unctions score (poorer social support), having higher C hinese I nternet A ddiction S cale‐ R evision score ( I nternet addiction), having lower O rganizational C itizenship B ehaviour S cale score (less altruistic behaviour), having suicide ideation and having higher P ittsburgh S leep Q uestionnaire score (poorer sleeper). Conclusions Given the high prevalence of SAS among university students, it is necessary to build a better strategy to detect students with potential social anxiety‐related problems/disorders or other mental problems early on.