Wellness and social interaction anxiety among adolescents

Pages: 637-639
Priyanka Vijayan (Department of Psychology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore)
M. I. Joseph (Department of Psychology, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit Kalady)

Adolescence is a transitional stage of physical and psychological development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to adulthood. In preparing for adult roles, an adolescent’s wellness as well as effectiveness of her/his social interaction plays a vital role. The present study was an attempt to understand how wellness and social interaction are related in adolescent’s life. The participants comprised of adolescent students belonging to the age range of 15 to 20 years selected randomly from recognized educational institutions in Thrissur district of Kerala state. The tools used in the study were Social Interaction Anxiety Scale developed by Mattick and Clarke (1998) and Five Factor Wellness Inventory developed by Mayers and Sweeny (2005). The results revealed lack of age and gender differences in wellness and social interaction anxiety among the adolescents. The present study implicates that with improved wellness the social interaction anxiety of adolescents can be reduced.