Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Master of Educational Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
2 Faculty member, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
Abstract
This paper investigates the relationship between self-esteem, social anxiety, perfectionism and assertiveness in students of Shahied Chamran University in Ahvaz, Iran. In this study 320 students (160 females and 160 males) were randomly selected. Subjects completed the Assertiveness Self-Report Inventory (ASRI), Eysenck Self-Esteem Test, Social Anxiety Scale (SAS), and Ahvaz Perfectionism Scale (APS).
The results showed that (for all the male and female students) the correlation between self-esteem and assertiveness was positive; while the correlation of social anxiety with assertiveness was negative and (for all the male and female students) perfectionism and assertiveness had a negative correlation. In female subjects, a significant correlation coefficient was not observed between perfectionism and assertiveness. The results of regression analysis indicated that the addition of social anxiety to self-esteem significantly increases the relationship with assertiveness (for all students). In male subjects, social anxiety was a good predictor of assertiveness, but in females self-esteem was the best predictor.
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