Counter-Reality Thinking and its ‎Relationship to Social Anxiety ‎among ‎‎University Students

Al-Hyani, Hussein M. Ibrahim; Al Obaidi, Ammar A. Farhan

doi:10.37653/juah.2023.141917.1235

	Counter-Reality Thinking and its ‎Relationship to Social Anxiety ‎among ‎‎University Students
Journal of University of Anbar for Humanities
Article 18, Volume 2024, Issue 1, March 2024, Pages 480-515 PDF (1.24 M)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.37653/juah.2023.141917.1235
Authors
Hussein M. Ibrahim Al-Hyani^* ¹; Ammar A. Farhan Al Obaidi²
¹Anbar University/ College of Education for Human Sciences/ Department of Educational and Psychological Sciences
²University of Anbar College of Education for Humanities Department of Educational and Psychological Sciences
Abstract
The study aims to identify the relationship between Counter-Reality Thinking and social anxiety among a sample of students in Anbar University. It also aims to investigate the differences in Counter-Reality Thinking and social anxiety according to gender variable (Male - Female) and specialization (Scientific - Humanities). The researchers used a descriptive correlation method. The sample of the current study consisted of (430) male and female students from the University of Anbar. The researchers adopted the Counter-Reality Thinking scale prepared by Mark Rye and others consisting of 15 items and also developed a social anxiety scale, which consists of 43 items distributed into six aspects. Results of the study revealed that there is a high and statistically significant scores in Counter-Reality Thinking and social anxiety scores, there are differences in the social anxiety variable between male and female students, in favour of males, there are differences in the Counter-Reality Thinking variable based on the specialization and in favour of the scientific specialization, there are differences in the Counter-Reality Thinking variable between male and female students and in favour of males, there are differences in the variable of social anxiety according to the variable of specialization and in favour of humanities specialization, and there is a positive correlation between the Counter-Reality Thinking and social anxiety
Keywords
Counter-Reality Thinking; Social Anxiety; University Students

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