تأثير الجندر و العمر و الصف الدراسي في الشعور بالخجل لدى المراهقين

Abstract EN

The study aimed to identify the level of shyness among male and female adolescents in Dohuk Governorate in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and the significance of the differences in shyness according to the variables of gender, age and grade.

The study relied on the descriptive approach by applying the shyness scale prepared by the researchers on a randomly selected sample among middle and High school students in the center of Dohuk Governorate.

The sample consisted of (460) male and female students (211) males and (249) females.

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The data were statistically processed using the (SPSS) program, the application of the t-test for one sample and two independent samples, and one-way analysis of variance.

The results showed that the level of feeling shyness among the adolescent sample members is low, and it was found that there was a significant difference in feeling shy according to gender, and the difference was in favor of males, as well as it was found that there were significant differences in feeling shy due to the academic grade variable and in favor of seventh grade students, while no Significant differences appear in the feeling of shyness due to the age variable.

In light of the results, a set of recommendations and suggestions were presented.