Citation

Cheng SH, Sun ZJ, Lee IH, Lee CT, Chen KC, Tsai CH, Yang YK, Yang YC. Early Interv. Psychiatry 2015; 11(4): 314-321.

Affiliation

Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/eip.12247

PMID

26011588

Abstract

AIM: The aim of this study was to explore the lifestyle/social, personality trait and mental factors among incoming university students with higher self-reported social anxiety symptoms (SAS).

METHODS: A total of 5126 incoming university students were recruited. The test battery included a self-administered questionnaire that examined personal lifestyle, the Measurement of Support Functions, the Chinese Internet Addiction Scale-Revision, the Organizational Citizenship Behaviour Scale, the Social Phobia Inventory, the suicide ideation from the Brief Symptoms Rating Scale and the Pittsburgh Sleep Questionnaire.

RESULTS: SAS (23.7%) were prevalent. Using logistic regression analysis, we found that the significant predictors of higher levels of SAS were being an undergraduate student and a non-smoker, having lower Measurement of Support Functions score (poorer social support), having higher Chinese Internet Addiction Scale-Revision score (Internet addiction), having lower Organizational Citizenship Behaviour Scale score (less altruistic behaviour), having suicide ideation and having higher Pittsburgh Sleep Questionnaire score (poorer sleeper).

CONCLUSIONS: Given the high prevalence of SAS among university students, it is necessary to build a better strategy to detect students with potential social anxiety-related problems/disorders or other mental problems early on.

Language: en