Social Anxiety, Self-Esteem and Life Satisfaction Among Adults Working from Home and Office

Social anxiety and self-esteem play a central role in an individual’s life satisfaction. This study was aimed at to study social anxiety, self-esteem and life satisfaction among working adults post the first wave of the Covid 19 pandemic in India considering that working from home involved lack of physical face to face interaction, socialization and absence of the regular personal validation from peer and colleagues. The data was collected from 130 professions from the city of Bengaluru and was analyzed for interaction of gender on their social anxiety (social interaction anxiety and social performance), self-esteem and life satisfaction Exploratory and empirical research design was used to investigate the research question and to verify the hypotheses. The scales which were used to collect the data were: the Liebowitz Social Anxiety scale, the Rosenberg Self Esteem scale and Questions on Life Satisfaction scale. The results suggest that there is no significant difference between individuals working from home and office in social anxiety with its sub areas, self-esteem and life satisfaction. There is no significant correlation found between life satisfaction, self-esteem and social interaction anxiety.