A Comparative Study between Oman and Sharjah University Students Related to Shyness and Demographic Variables
Abdulhameed Saeed Hassan *
Department of Psychology, Educational Psychology (Evaluation and Measurements), Sultan Qaboos University, Oman.
Monther Abdulhameed Al-Damen
Development and Counseling, Departments of Psychology, Sharjah University, United Arab Emirates.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
This study investigates the relationship between shyness and gender, region, major, level of study of Sultan Qaboos and Sharjah University students. A sample of two hundred thirty six male and female students from different colleges in both Universities completed the revised twenty-item’ Cheek & Melchior, 1985. Participants responded to each item on five points scale. Descriptive statistics such as means, standard deviations, ANOVA are used to analyze the collected data. Results revealed that female students had more shyness than males; that is these differences were significant. The freshmen had more shyness than juniors and seniors. In addition, the study found no significant differences between the means related to region and major.
Keywords: Shyness, social anxiety disorder, culture, higher education.