State anxiety and trait anxiety associated with social anxiety in university students

Figures & data

Figure 1. Frequencies and percentages of state anxiety, Source: Sample questionnaires from the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), Elaboration: Own.

Illustrates the distribution of state anxiety levels in the sample, consisting of 449 participants. It shows that 45.66% (n = 205) are at an moderate level of state anxiety, followed by 29.84% (n = 134) at a high level, and 24.50% (n = 110) at a low level.

Figure 2. Frequencies and percentages of trait anxiety.

Source: Sample questionnaires from the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). Elaboration: Own.

Depicts the distribution of trait anxiety levels in the sample. It indicates that 54.12% (n = 243) of participants are at an moderate level of trait anxiety, followed by 25.39% (n = 114) at a high level. Additionally, 20.49% (n = 92) were found to be at a low level of trait anxiety.

Figure 3. Frequencies and percentages of social anxiety.

Source: Sample format of the Social Anxiety Questionnaire for Adults (CASE-A30).

Elaboration: Own.

Social anxiety levels in the sample (n = 449). 51% at average, 26.28% high, and 22.72% low.

Table 1. Descriptive statistics of social anxiety and its components Source: Sample format.

	D1	D2	D3	D4	D5	Social Anxiety
Average	16.69	15.49	16.35	15.37	16.02	79.92
Standard deviation	5.652	5.516	5.836	5.362	5.071	24.047
mAsymmetry	.016	−.108	.091	.078	.105	−.186
Kurtosis	−.598	−.919	−.810	−.890	−.503	−.738

Table 2. Relationship of state anxiety and trait anxiety with the components of social anxiety.

			D1	D2	D3	D4	D5
Spearman Rho	State Anxiety	r	,158**	,207**	,146**	,212**	,193**
		p	.001	.000	.002	.000	.000
	Trait Anxiety	r	.089	,153**	,129**	,136**	,133**
		p	.059	.001	.006	.004	.005

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author, upon reasonable request.