Abstract
The main objective of this research is to determine the relationship between shyness, emotional intelligence and the five factor personality traits in university students. Furthermore it aims to determine whether the emotional intelligence and personality traits predict the Shyness levels at a significant level. The population of this study consisted of students from Bartin and Konya Necmettin Erbakan universities from which were 445 female and 172 male students with a total of 617 students. A random cluster sampling method was used in the selection of the sample. The age of the students ranged between 17 and 30 (-X= 19,25 and Ss=.613). Bar-on emotional intelligence scale, the shyness scale and finally Adjective Based Personality Test (SDKT) used in order to determine five factorial personality traits of the students. As a result of the study; a positive relation found between university students' shyness and neuroticism and between personality traits; extraversion, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness found to be negatively related. Between shyness and emotional intelligence, personal awareness, interpersonal relationships found a negative relationship between shyness and the general mood of the stress management and the compliance with the environment. Moreover it seen that personality traits and emotional intelligence were an important predictor of shyness.
Highlights
Shyness continues to be a controversial subject within personality psychology
It was decided to use parametric tests on the data obtained from the scales. In this context; descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and regression analysis were used to determine the differences between the two groups in the analysis of the data collected from the scales
The Pearson Moments Correlation technique was first used in the study to reveal the relationship between emotional intelligence and shyness
Summary
Shyness continues to be a controversial subject within personality psychology This is partly due to the acceptance of the term of everyday language, which has several different references, rather than a single definition. Shy / withdrawn temperament is characterized by extraordinary fear, contingency and timid behavior in foreign situations (Kagan et al, [24]) and shyness is one form of social withdrawal (Rubin and Asendorpf, [38] ). In another definition shyness is defined as "caution, anxiety and perceived social assessment in the face of social innovation" (Coplan et al, [6] ). It is a conflict of two simultaneous requests; social avoidance (i.e., a motivation for social avoidance) due to social fear and anxiety in a child because of a desire for social interaction (i.e., a social approach motivation) (Coplan and Rubin, [7])
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