Self-Criticism as a Predictor of Anxiety among Senior Secondary Students

Self-Criticism is one of the personal characteristics that led to the inability to communicate properly with others, and as a result of this feeling, people blame themselves constantly. The present study aims to investigate the relationship between self-criticism and anxiety among Senior Secondary Students. The sample consists of 150 students (75 male, 75 female) were selected from the Senior Secondary Schools for boys and girls, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. The age of students ranged between 17-19 years. In the study the tools used for assessment were Self-Criticism scale developed by Gilbert et al. (2004), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI, 1988). Self-criticism has three dimensions; inadequate self, hated self, and reassured self. Regression analysis was applied in order to analyze the data. The results of regression analyses revealed that, hated self and inadequate self were the best predictor of anxiety. However, hated self and inadequate self were significant predictors in male students whereas inadequate self reassure self were found significant predictors in female students.