Social anxiety and the quality of life among undergraduate students in UiTM Puncak Alam Campus / Roslinda Isa, Nur Amylia Mohd Norsabri and Nur Aziemah Mohd Zamri

• Main Authors: Isa, Roslinda, Mohd Norsabri, Nur Amylia, Mohd Zamri, Nur Aziemah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA 2021
• Subjects: Anxiety; Higher Education; Psychiatry
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/64954/1/64954.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/64954/; http://healthscopefsk.com/

Social anxiety disorder is frequent in children and adolescents, strongly associated with other anxiety disorders, depression, and substance use disorders. Objective: To assess the level of social anxiety and the quality of life among students in UiTM Puncak Alam Campus. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted among the students from UiTM Puncak Alam Campus, Selangor. A total of 416 respondents were recruited by using convenience sampling. Questionnaire was divided into 3 parts: Part A: seven questions on demographic data, Part B: 24 questions on Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) and Part C: 26 questions on Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF). Results: From 416 respondents, 148 (35.6%) had mild level of social anxiety and 49 (11.8%) had severe social anxiety. The quality of life (QoL) for the environment domain had the highest mean (68.20±16.81), while psychological had the lowest mean (61.88±18.63) compared to other domains. There was statistically significance relationship between social anxiety and quality of life, p<0.001. Conclusion: Social anxiety can be affected by many factors throughout entire phase of life and quality of life (QoL) also can contributed to the social anxiety problems.