ArticlePsychological studies2022
Courage: A Potential Mediator of the Relationship Between Personality and Social Anxiety.
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- Relationship between Social Media Use and Social Anxiety in College Students: Mediation Effect of Communication Capacity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The effect of courage on stress: The mediating mechanism of behavioral inhibition and behavioral activation in high-risk occupations.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Social anxiety is one of the most prevalent and chronic mental-health conditions in young adults. To date, no studies have been conducted about the relationships between the Big Five personality dimensions, courage, and social anxiety among Malaysian undergraduate students. Therefore, this study was designed to examine courage as a potential mediator of the association between the Big Five personality dimensions and social anxiety among Malaysian Undergraduates. In this study, 500 Malaysian undergraduate students (205 males and 295 females) completed a series of questionnaires. Structural equation modelling (AMOS-SEM) revealed that, of the Big Five, neuroticism and social anxiety were positively correlated. Extraversion, conscientiousness, openness to experience, and agreeableness, as well as courage, were negatively correlated with social anxiety. Courage mediated the relationship between the Big Five personality dimensions and social anxiety. The main contribution of the present research is to show how the Big Five personality dimensions may contribute to social anxiety. The findings of this study also could be implicated for counselling practice for undergraduate students in Malaysia as a collectivist setting and other collectivist settings around the world.
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