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Predicting social anxiety among Farhangian University students based on feelings of loneliness and religious attitudes
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Farokhro Jalili *1   , Pardis Samandari2 , Sajedeh Majidi nasab2 |
1- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Counseling, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran. , farokhro.jalili@cfu.ac.ir
2- Bachelor of Education Student, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran |
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Abstract: (25 Views) |
Aim: The aim of the present study was to predict social anxiety of Farhangian University students based on the role of loneliness and religious attitude.
Methods: The research method was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population of the study included 1958 undergraduate students of Farhangian University of South Khorasan in the academic year 2024-2025, of whom 283 were selected (according to the Krejci & Morgan table) by stratified random sampling method and responded to the Russell et al. (1978) loneliness questionnaire, Leibowitz et al. (1987) social anxiety, and Khodayarifard et al. (2013) religious attitude scale. The data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient test and Simultaneous regression analysis in SPSS-27 software.
Findings: The findings showed that loneliness has a positive and significant relationship with social anxiety (r=0.66) and religious attitude has a negative and significant relationship (r=-0.45) with social anxiety. Also, loneliness and religious attitude have a significant negative relationship (r=-0.25) (P<0.01). In the simultaneous regression analysis, both loneliness and religious attitude variables were entered into the model simultaneously. The results showed that these two variables jointly explained about 52% of the variance in students' social anxiety (P<0.01). In this model, loneliness had a positive and significant relationship with social anxiety, while religious attitude showed a negative and significant relationship with it; meaning that increasing loneliness increases social anxiety and higher religious attitude reduces it.
Conclusion: The results showed that loneliness increases students' social anxiety, while higher religious attitude reduces it. Accordingly, it is suggested that universities provide the basis for reducing loneliness and social anxiety by holding social interaction workshops and group spiritual programs.
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| Keywords: Social anxiety, loneliness, religious attitude, Farhangian University, students. |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Special- quantitative
Received: 2025/08/18 | Revised: 2026/02/8 | Accepted: 2025/10/7 | ePublished ahead of print: 2026/02/8 | Published: 2025/12/12 | ePublished: 2025/12/12
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