Relationship Of Social Anxiety And Social Support With Subjective Well-Being In Female Students

Subject Areas : Sport Management

پرویز Asgari ¹ (Assistant Professor in Psychology in Islamic Azad University (Ahwaz Branch))
فرح Naderi ² (Assistant Professor in Psychology in Dept. of Psychology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University- Khouzestan-Iran)
هدا Sharafodin ³ (M. A. graduated in Psychology from Ahvaz Islamic Azad University)

Received: 2010-04-20 Accepted : 2010-06-08 Published : 2009-12-22

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Abstract :

The aim of this research was to investigate the relationship of social anxiety and social support with subjective well-being in extended education female students of khoozestan Research and Sciences Center. The sample of this research consisted of 207 individuals that were selected based on stratified random sampling from all fmale students of khoozestan Researchs and Sciences Center. Social Anxiety and Social Support of Phillips and life Satisfaction (SWLS) inventories were used for data collecting. The present research was a correlation type and the results of data analysis by using Pearson correlation and multivariable regression at significant level  (P < 0.001) showed that there was significant negative relationship between social anxiety and subjective well-being and positive relationship between social support and subjective well-being. Findings also indicated that there were multiple relationships between social anxiety and social support with subjective well-being. Regression analysis revealed that social support was the best predictor of the subjective well-being.