Table 2.
Levels of social anxiety, state anxiety (X-1), and trait anxiety (X-2) according to gender, age, place of residence, field of study, year of study, and marital status.
| Liebowitz social anxiety | State-trait anxiety inventory | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scale | |||||||||
| STAI X-1 | STAI X-2 | ||||||||
| Mean | Min. | Max. | Mean | Min. | Max. | Mean | Min. | Max. | |
| Gender | |||||||||
| Female | 56.4 ± 29.9 | 0 | 144 | 50.0 ± 1.9 | 44 | 56 | 49.4 ± 2.8 | 41 | 59 |
| Male | 48.7 ± 32.7 | 0 | 126 | 50.0 ± 1.9 | 46 | 56 | 48.7 ± 2.6 | 42 | 56 |
| ρ-value | NS | NS | 0.134 | ||||||
| P-value | <0.05 | ||||||||
| Age | |||||||||
| 48.9 ± 26.3 | 2 | 144 | 50.2 ± 1.9 | 47 | 53 | 49.7± 3.14 | 43 | 55 | |
| ρ-value | 0.124 | NS | 0.287 | ||||||
| P-value | 0.04 | <0.001 | |||||||
| Place of residence | |||||||||
| Town with a population of up to 50,000 | 51.6 ± 35 | 3 | 144 | 5.00 ± 2.0 | 44 | 54 | 49.3 ± 3.0 | 43 | 59 |
| Town with a population of 50,000 to 100,000 | 54.2 ± 29.1 | 0 | 106 | 50.0 ± 1.9 | 44 | 55 | 49 ±2.5 | 43 | 58 |
| Town with a population of over 100,000 | 58.2 ± 29.9 | 2 | 126 | 50.0 ± 2.0 | 45 | 56 | 49.1 ± 2.8 | 42 | 56 |
| Village | 43.0 ± 33.4 | 0 | 97 | 50.3 ± 1.9 | 46 | 56 | 49.0 ± 2.9 | 41 | 55 |
| ρ-value P-value |
NS | NS | NS | ||||||
| Field of study | |||||||||
| Electroradiology | 67.5 ± 30.4 | 46 | 89 | 49.5 ± 0.7 | 49 | 50 | 47.5 ± 7.8 | 42 | 53 |
| Physiotherapy | 44.4 ± 34.5 | 0 | 99 | 50.1 ± 1.6 | 46 | 52 | 48.2 ± 1.9 | 44 | 53 |
| Cosmetology | 82 ± 25.5 | 64 | 100 | 52 ± 0 | 52 | 52 | 51.5 ± 4.9 | 48 | 55 |
| Medicine | 46.1 ± 29.9 | 0 | 108 | 49.6 ± 1.6 | 45 | 54 | 49.7 ± 2.3 | 45 | 59 |
| Nursing | 58.5 ± 31.4 | 0 | 108 | 50.0 ± 2.0 | 44 | 55 | 48.7 ± 3.1 | 41 | 58 |
| Obstetrics | 59.8 ± 31.9 | 0 | 144 | 50.0 ± 1.7 | 45 | 53 | 48.9 ± 2.9 | 42 | 55 |
| Paramedic science | 50.0 ± 31.3 | 0 | 126 | 50.2 ± 2.2 | 44 | 56 | 49.1 ± 2.5 | 43 | 56 |
| Social sciences | 86.0 ± 0 | 86 | 86 | 56.0 ± 0 | 56 | 56 | 52.0 ± 0 | 52 | 52 |
| Psychology | 44.5 ± 21.9 | 29 | 60 | 52.0 ± 1.4 | 51 | 53 | 51.0 ± 0 | 51 | 51 |
| ρ-value P-value |
NS | NS | NS | ||||||
| Year of study | |||||||||
| 1 year | 22.0 ± 0 | 22 | 22 | 52.0 ± 0 | 52 | 52 | 47.0 ± 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 year | 126.0 ± 0 | 126 | 126 | 54.0 ± 0 | 54 | 54 | 52.0 ± 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 year | 36.6 ± 29.6 | 0 | 104 | 51.2 ± 1.7 | 49 | 56 | 49.8 ± 3.0 | 41 | 59 |
| 4 year | 56.1 ± 33.8 | 0 | 144 | 50.0 ± 1.9 | 44 | 55 | 48.9 ± 2.7 | 43 | 58 |
| 5 year | 56.0 ± 28.4 | 0 | 105 | 49.7 ± 2.0 | 44 | 56 | 48.5 ± 2.9 | 42 | 56 |
| 6 year | 57.4 ± 26.1 | 0 | 108 | 49.2 ± 1.5 | 45 | 53 | 49.6 ± 1.7 | 45 | 53 |
| ρ-value P-value |
NS | NS | NS | ||||||
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Unmarried | 48.0 ± 31.2 | 0 | 108 | 50.1 ± 2.1 | 44 | 56 | 49.5 ± 2.5 | 41 | 59 |
| Married | 56.4 ± 34.2 | 0 | 108 | 50.0 ± 2.5 | 45 | 53 | 48.0 ± 2.5 | 44 | 51 |
| Unmarried partner | 56.9 ± 30.8 | 0 | 144 | 49.9 ± 1.6 | 44 | 55 | 48.9 ± 2.8 | 42 | 58 |
| ρ-value | 0.123 | NS | NS | ||||||
| P-value | <0.05 | ||||||||
Spearman's Rank Correlation Test, ρ = Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, NS- not significant.