Social Anxiety and the Role of Boys and Girls Working Memory Function

Subject Areas : Journal of Educational Psychology

Hassan Ashayeri ¹ , Fatemeh Jafari ² , Shiva Dolatabadi ³

1 - Department of Basic Sciences in Rehabilitation, School of Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen Branch, Roudehen, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor of Psychology, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2012-09-02 Accepted : 2012-12-17 Published : 2013-05-22

Keywords: Social anxiety, working memory, verbal working memory, Non-Verbal Working Memory,

Abstract :

This study aims to examine gender differences in the level of social anxiety and social anxiety role in the performance of working memory was evaluated. To accomplish this goal of 8 high school students in public high schools in Tehran were selected first. Screening 600 individuals who were selected in a manner cluster ultimately impaired and normal people were identified. Of those, two groups of 15 subjects were randomly selected. Tools Laybvytz questionnaire of social anxiety, working memory subtests Stanford intelligence test Bynh- Tehran. Results showed that significant differences in overall social anxiety and cognitive factors (fear) and behavioral (avoidance) among the sexes does not exist. It is also a significant difference in the performance of working memory and its components among groups and individuals with social anxiety is normal. In general, based on the findings of this study, stress can interfere with memory function was activated. Finally, stress can be a factor in determining the variables affecting a significant proportion of the variance in cognitive function, particularly memory and attention examined.