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| Published: September 30, 2021

Social Anxiety, Coping and Phubbing among Young Adults

Anupallavi Venugopal

Psychology student, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Kerala, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Dr. Jessy Fenn

Faculty, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Kerala, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.206.20210903

DOI: 10.25215/0903.206

ABSTRACT

Phubbing is the act of ignoring the people and surrounding in order to check your phone. Phubbing has been associated with various forms of addictions, personality traits and psychological well-being. This study aims to understand the relationship between social anxiety, coping and phubbing. Data was collected from a sample of 100 college students, a group which could be high on phubbing, using reliable and valid scales of phubbing, social anxiety and coping skills. The results indicate that phubbing, is positively related to social anxiety. Phubbing is also negatively related to coping skills. Coping skills were negatively related to social anxiety. The study concludes that the higher the coping skills, the lesser the social anxiety and the lesser the phubbing.

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Dr. Jessy Fenn @ anupallavivenugopal99@gmail.com

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ISSN 2348-5396

ISSN 2349-3429

18.01.206.20210903

10.25215/0903.206

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Published in   Volume 09, Issue 3, July- September, 2021