Classroom Engagement as a Stressor for Socially Anxious Individuals

dc.contributor.advisor Barile, John P.
dc.contributor.author Liu, Christopher
dc.contributor.department Psychology
dc.date.accessioned 2014-09-26T21:47:17Z
dc.date.available 2014-09-26T21:47:17Z
dc.date.issued 2014-09-26
dc.description.abstract Teaching styles often affect students differently based on their predispositions towards becoming socially anxious. Previous research suggests that individuals with higher levels of trait social anxiety are more likely to experience stress in classroom engagement situations. This study sought to determine whether classroom engagement activities moderate the association between symptoms of general social anxiety and classroom stress in a sample of undergraduate students (N=408). University students who had taken English 100 within five academic years completed measures of social anxiety, classroom stress, and the extent to which their instructor utilized classroom engagement activities in their English 100 course. Results indicate that individuals’ levels of social anxiety – a personal, continuous characteristic – and experiences with classroom stress differed by the extent of classroom engagement. However, this result only became apparent when the data set was limited to students who were currently taking English 100 (n=90). This finding suggests that college students who report higher levels of social anxiety experience significantly higher levels of classroom stress when taking courses with high student engagement compared to classrooms with lower student engagement. The results suggest that while classroom engagement activities might be beneficial to the majority of students, they may also lead to greater levels of stress and negative outcomes in individuals with predispositions for social anxiety.
dc.format.extent iv, 29 pages
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10125/33942
dc.publisher University of Hawaii at Manoa
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dc.subject social anxiety
dc.subject classroom engagement activities
dc.subject stress
dc.title Classroom Engagement as a Stressor for Socially Anxious Individuals
dc.type Term Project
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