The impact of shyness on social anxiety among college students: Mediating role of regulatory emotional self-efficacy and resilience
These findings suggest that resilience plays a central role in the association between shyness and social anxiety, and that regulatory emotional self-efficacy may function indirectly through resilience. Interventions targeting resilience and regulatory emotional self-efficacy may help reduce social anxiety among shy college students.
Authors
- Yuan Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1555-7920)
- Yan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1639-1922)
Institutions
- INTI International University (MY)
- Shandong University of Political Science and Law (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2026-03-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0344809
- Primary Topic
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00