Investigation of the effect of social anxiety level on self-esteem in unıversity students

Social anxiety is an intense and persistent fear a person feels on the account of the fact that he will feel humiliated or embarrassed in the cases that he will be exposed to gazes of other people in the situations he needs to take social or specific actions. The main characteristic of social anxiety, also defined as the fear of eating, drinking, speaking, writing or vomiting in front of others, is the fear of being humiliated in front of others. The presence of social anxiety can also affect a person's self-respect. In this context, it is aimed to determine the effect of social anxiety level on self-respect among university students. The study's sample consists of 199 university students between the ages of 18-30 (129 female, 70 male). It will be done in accordance with the relational screening model, one of the general screening models in order to identify the relationship. According to the findings obtained from the research, it has been seen that the anxiety levels of the male participants are higher, that no significant difference in avoidance levels in terms of social phobia and gender. Age, marital status, number of siblings, level of income and parents' educational level are not positively correlated with anxiety and avoidance scores in the social phobia sub-dimensions. No significant relationship has been found between self-respect levels, age, marital status, gender, number of siblings and parents' educational level in accordance with the findings obtained in the study. It has been concluded that there is a significant relationship between level of income and self-respect level. Self-respect levels of those with low income levels are higher than those with medium, good and very good income. It was found that there was a positive and significant relationship between the self- esteem levels of the participants and their social phobia anxiety levels. As the level of self- esteem increases, the level of anxiety also increases. A significant relationship was also found between the participants' self-esteem and avoidance levels. As the self- esteem level of the participants increases, their avoidance level increases