Abstract:
This study aimed to detect the Predictive
Self – efficacy, Paranoid Personality and life’s stresses,
on social anxiety among a sample of adolescents in
Jordan and its relation with self security.
The sample of the study consisted of randomly selected
students from the Jordanian universities who are
registered for the first semester of the year 20152016/
from genders, (690 males and 1023 females.
The researchers used 4 scales after verifying the
psychometric characteristics (Validity and Reliability) to
them. The 5 scales are: social anxiety, Self – efficacy,
Paranoid Personality, self security, and life’s stresses.
The results of multiple regression analysis that the
variable Self – Efficacy, Paranoid Personality and
Life’s Stresses affected Social Anxiety. As it turns out
that there are differences in the Social Anxiety to the
variables of gender to the favor of females.
In light of these results, the researchers recommends
conducting further studies about Self – Efficacy,
Paranoid Personality, Life’s Stresses, Self Security,
and Social Anxiety, using new samples and variables,
to benefit from this study results
