Social Anxiety among Introverts and Extroverts across gender among Undergraduate students during the pandemic COVID-19 in Bangalore Ms. Kukku Dr Smitha M Reddy

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Ms. Kukku Dr Smitha M Reddy

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Social Anxiety is an anxious response to the social situation the individual is in. Biological and environmental factors together are believed to be the reason for the development and maintenance of social anxiety. The personality studies have also suggested varying results making it hard to conclude the possible influence of personality on social anxiety. The gender studies on anxiety disorders suggest that social anxiety to be prominent in females than in males (Christiansen, 2015). With Covid -19 making changes throughout the world in terms of communication, health prospects, safety etc does it influence social anxiety in extraverts and introverts across gender? The study was to understand the difference in social anxiety among personality types- introverts and extraverts, across the two gender male and female. The purposive sampling method is used with a sample size of 417 of age group 18-25years. The scale used for the study are Introversion scale developed by McCroskey and Social Anxiety Questionnaire for Adults (SAQ-A30) by Vicente E.Caballo. The findings of the study showed that, there is a significant difference in extroversion and introversion personality traits across gender and Social Anxiety do not differ significantly in extroverts and introverts across gender. The limitations, scope for further study and implications were mentioned

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