Author(s)

Shuning Zhao ¹, Yadi Jia ¹, Suxia Wen ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ The Key Laboratory of Mental Development and Learning Science, College of Psychology, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830017, China

Corresponding Author

Suxia Wen

ABSTRACT

To analyze the current situation of high school students' alexithymia and social anxiety, and on this basis, to explore the effect of alexithymia on social anxiety. The Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and the Social Anxiety Scale (SAS-A) was used as instruments to measure and analyze 1,736 high school students in the city of W. (1) The high percentage of high school students in the high subgroup of alexithymia difficulties was higher at 59.68%, and 66.65% of high school students had a social anxiety score > 30.11; (2) High school girls had significantly higher total alexithymia scores than boys (p < 0.05), non-only children had higher total alexithymia scores than only children (p < 0.001), and high school girls had significantly higher social anxiety scores than boys (p < 0.001); (3) High school students' alexithymia and social anxiety were significantly positively correlated (r = 0.496, p < 0.01), and all three dimensions of alexithymia were significantly positively correlated with all three dimensions of social anxiety; (4) The coefficient of determination of alexithymia on social anxiety was 0.284. Alexithymia is an important influence on social anxiety in high school students.

KEYWORDS

Alexithymia, Social Anxiety, Senior High School Students

CITE THIS PAPER

Shuning Zhao, Yadi Jia, Suxia Wen, The Influence of Alexithymia on Social Anxiety of Senior High School Students. Applied & Educational Psychology (2024) Vol. 5: 104-112. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/appep.2024.050514.

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