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Social anxiety and social support perceivability among undergraduate students in Universiti Sains Malaysia

Social anxiety is one of the most prevalent subcategories of anxiety that is characterized by anxious feelings that are worsened in social situations. One of the factors that influence social anxiety is the social support of an individual perceives. of A cross-sectional study was carried out to stud...

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Main Author: Roslan, Nur Aleeya Syafikah
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Sains Malaysia 2023
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R735-854 Medical education. Medical schools. Research
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spelling my.usm.eprints.61393 http://eprints.usm.my/61393/ Social anxiety and social support perceivability among undergraduate students in Universiti Sains Malaysia Roslan, Nur Aleeya Syafikah R Medicine R735-854 Medical education. Medical schools. Research Social anxiety is one of the most prevalent subcategories of anxiety that is characterized by anxious feelings that are worsened in social situations. One of the factors that influence social anxiety is the social support of an individual perceives. of A cross-sectional study was carried out to study the social anxiety and social support perceivability among undergraduate students in USM. The questionnaire used in this study were Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) and The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS). A total of 236 undergraduate students in USM who fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria were involved in this study. Data collection was statistically analysed using the SPSS software version 27.0. Descriptive statistics and Person’s Chi Square were used for data analysis. The results show 84.7% of undergraduate students had social anxiety while 15.3% of undergraduate students did not have social anxiety. This study also found that 60.2 % of the undergraduate students had a high level of social support perceivability, meanwhile 34.3% had medium level and only 5.5% had low level of social support perceivability. Lastly, there is a significant association between prevalence of social anxiety and level of social support perceivability among undergraduate students in USM (p=0.003). In conclusion, this issue should be taken seriously by the university management as most of the students experience the symptoms without them being aware of it. Universiti Sains Malaysia 2023-06 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/61393/1/11%20NUR%20ALEEYA%20SYAFIKAH%20BINTI%20ROSLAN%20%28146956%29-E.pdf Roslan, Nur Aleeya Syafikah (2023) Social anxiety and social support perceivability among undergraduate students in Universiti Sains Malaysia. Project Report. Universiti Sains Malaysia. (Submitted)
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Roslan, Nur Aleeya Syafikah
Social anxiety and social support perceivability among undergraduate students in Universiti Sains Malaysia
description Social anxiety is one of the most prevalent subcategories of anxiety that is characterized by anxious feelings that are worsened in social situations. One of the factors that influence social anxiety is the social support of an individual perceives. of A cross-sectional study was carried out to study the social anxiety and social support perceivability among undergraduate students in USM. The questionnaire used in this study were Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) and The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS). A total of 236 undergraduate students in USM who fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria were involved in this study. Data collection was statistically analysed using the SPSS software version 27.0. Descriptive statistics and Person’s Chi Square were used for data analysis. The results show 84.7% of undergraduate students had social anxiety while 15.3% of undergraduate students did not have social anxiety. This study also found that 60.2 % of the undergraduate students had a high level of social support perceivability, meanwhile 34.3% had medium level and only 5.5% had low level of social support perceivability. Lastly, there is a significant association between prevalence of social anxiety and level of social support perceivability among undergraduate students in USM (p=0.003). In conclusion, this issue should be taken seriously by the university management as most of the students experience the symptoms without them being aware of it.
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title Social anxiety and social support perceivability among undergraduate students in Universiti Sains Malaysia
title_short Social anxiety and social support perceivability among undergraduate students in Universiti Sains Malaysia
title_full Social anxiety and social support perceivability among undergraduate students in Universiti Sains Malaysia
title_fullStr Social anxiety and social support perceivability among undergraduate students in Universiti Sains Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Social anxiety and social support perceivability among undergraduate students in Universiti Sains Malaysia
title_sort social anxiety and social support perceivability among undergraduate students in universiti sains malaysia
publisher Universiti Sains Malaysia
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