An investigation of university students living with their families and living alone in terms of social anxiety, quality of live and self-esteem

This research aims to examine whether the levels of social anxiety and self-esteem, and the life quality of university students vary according to their places of residence and also according to their genders and ages. Another purpose of this research is to reveal the relationship among social anxiety, self-esteem and life quality. As a scientific study, the research was conducted on 363 university students between the ages of 18 and 28. In this research, the Personal Information Form, the Social Anxiety Scale (SAI), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), and the Quality of Life Scale (WHOQOL - BREF - TR) were used for data collection, and the Independent Groups t-Test, the Pearson Correlation Analysis and the Kruskal Wallis H Test were used for data analysis. After the Kruskal Wallis H Test, pairwise comparison tests were carried out to determine differences shown among the groups. As a result, the research shows that the levels of social anxiety and self-esteem, and the life quality of university students do not vary whether they live with their families or live alone. More specifically, the research confirms that, whether university students live with their families or live alone, there is a moderate negative correlation between their social anxiety and life quality, a strong negative correlation between their social anxiety and self-esteem, and a moderate positive correlation between their self-esteem and life quality. Moreover, the research shows that, whether university students live with their families or live alone, there is no significant relationship between their level of social anxiety/life quality and gender/age. Besides, the research confirms that, whether university students live with their families or live alone, there is no significant relationship between their level of self-esteem and gender, while there is some significant relationship between their level of self-esteem and age.