EFFECT OF SHYNESS, SOCIAL ANXIETY ON ACADEMIC HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR AMONG UNIVERSITY

Abstract

Academic help seeking behavior is viewed as an essential part of academia to excel in one’s field.  The present study is conducted to investigate the effect of Shyness, Social Anxiety on Academic Help Seeking Behavior among university students. For research, sample of (n=102) females and (n=103) male students were collected from different universities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. 20-Item Shyness Scale (Cheek & Melichor, 1985), Liebowitz Social Anxiety (Leibowitz, 1987) and Academic Help Seeking Scale (Fittrer,2016) were used to measure shyness, social anxiety and academic help seeking behavior. Some demographic variables such as age and gender were also explored.  Results showed that shyness and anxiety are positively co-related whereas they are negatively co-related with academic help seeking behavior. It was also found that female university students are more anxious, shy and are less engaged in academic help seeking behavior than male university students. There were no significant differences between students above and below 21 years and students of age below 21 years. Limitations and Implications of the study were also discussed in research.