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SOCIAL INTERACTION ANXIETY AS MEDIATING ROLE OF MENTAL WELLBEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-III).19      10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-III).19      Published : Sep 2024

Social Interaction Anxiety as Mediating Role of Mental Well-being and Quality of Life Among University Students

Abstract

    "How does our minds connect to dissatisfaction in relationship with others and the mindset that arises at a result hereof a connection?" is a question that needs an answer. The researchers aimed to survey university students. Examining the interplay between anxiety, mental wellness, and happiness, this research used an overall correlational methodology. Three hundred individuals, comprising both undergraduates and graduates, were selected from a variety of schools using a purposive sampling approach. The collected data was sorted and evaluated using SPSS (26). There was a negative link between interacting anxiety and both cognitive health and life happiness, according to the findings of the correlational analysis. On the other side, living a fulfilled life was positively correlated with psychological well-being. Anxiety about social interactions and overall pleasure are both influenced by an individual's mental health, according to model-wise regression with lines analysis.

    (1) Hamna Zaman
    MS Scholar, Department of Clinical Psychology, Bahria University Islamabad (campus), Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Zainab Bibi
    MS Scholar, Department of Clinical Psychology, Bahria University Lahore, (Campus), Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Abeeha Arshad
    MPhil Scholar, Department of Psychology Riphah International University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Zaman, H., Bibi, Z., & Arshad, A. (2024). Social Interaction Anxiety as Mediating Role of Mental Well-being and Quality of Life Among University Students. Global Social Sciences Review, IX(III), 188-200. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-III).19

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Zaman, Hamna, Zainab Bibi, and Abeeha Arshad. 2024. "Social Interaction Anxiety as Mediating Role of Mental Well-being and Quality of Life Among University Students." Global Social Sciences Review, IX (III): 188-200 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-III).19

HARVARD

    HARVARD : ZAMAN, H., BIBI, Z. & ARSHAD, A. 2024. Social Interaction Anxiety as Mediating Role of Mental Well-being and Quality of Life Among University Students. Global Social Sciences Review, IX, 188-200.

MHRA

    MHRA : Zaman, Hamna, Zainab Bibi, and Abeeha Arshad. 2024. "Social Interaction Anxiety as Mediating Role of Mental Well-being and Quality of Life Among University Students." Global Social Sciences Review, IX: 188-200

MLA

    MLA : Zaman, Hamna, Zainab Bibi, and Abeeha Arshad. "Social Interaction Anxiety as Mediating Role of Mental Well-being and Quality of Life Among University Students." Global Social Sciences Review, IX.III (2024): 188-200 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Zaman, Hamna, Bibi, Zainab, and Arshad, Abeeha (2024), "Social Interaction Anxiety as Mediating Role of Mental Well-being and Quality of Life Among University Students", Global Social Sciences Review, IX (III), 188-200

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Zaman, Hamna, Zainab Bibi, and Abeeha Arshad. "Social Interaction Anxiety as Mediating Role of Mental Well-being and Quality of Life Among University Students." Global Social Sciences Review IX, no. III (2024): 188-200. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-III).19