The Study on Shyness and Self-esteem Among Young Adults During COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Aim: Shyness is the tendency to feel awkward, worried or tense during social encounters, especially with unfamiliar people (APA, 2012). Self-esteem is defined as general self-worth and affective experiences of the self that are linked to these global appraisals (Murphy, Stonsy and Morrel, 2005). The young adult period is the time between 18 and 24. The present study aimed to investigate the shyness and self-esteem among young adults during covid-19 pandemic. Corona virus disease (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and middle east respiratory syndrome (MERS). Method: The study was done on 240 young adults aged 18 to 24, out of which 120 were males and 120 were females through purposive sampling methods. Social Reticence scale (Jones and Briggs. S,1975) for measuring shyness and Rosenberg’s Self-esteem scale (Rosenberg. M, 1960) were used to collect data. The data were analyzed by using Mean, Standard deviation, Independent sample t-test, and Pearson’s product moment correlation. Result: Result proves that, there is no significant difference in the level of shyness among young adults across gender. There is no significant difference in the level of self-esteem among young adults across gender. Statistically there is no significant correlation between shyness and self-esteem among young adults.