Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.5559/di.21.2.06
SOCIAL ANXIETY, SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE AND ACADEMIC SELF-PERCEPTIONS IN HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS
Melita PUKLEK LEVPUŠČEK
orcid.org/0000-0002-1997-8645
; Faculty of Arts, Ljubljana
Jelka BERCE
; Srednja škola za farmaciju, kozmetiku i zdravstvo, Ljubljana
Abstract
The study focused on how social anxiety relates to acceptance among
classmates, academic self-efficacy and academic performance
in Slovene high-school students. N = 277 students (58%
females, age 16 to 17) filled in the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents,
the Sociometric Test, the "Guess Who" technique, and the
Academic Self-Efficacy Scale. The students also answered additional
questions about their well-being and social acceptance in
the classroom. The results revealed that the most socially anxious
students belonged to the sociometric group of rejected students,
being described by their classmates as anxious and having a negative
mood. More socially anxious students reported a lower degree
of well-being in the classroom and a lower degree of acceptance
by their classmates. Finally, higher social anxiety was related
to lower academic self-efficacy but higher academic performance.
Keywords
social anxiety; social acceptance; academic self- -efficacy; high-school students
Hrčak ID:
84536
URI
Publication date:
1.4.2012.
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