Mental Health and Its Relationship with Shyness for University Students

Abstract

This study aimed to show the relationship between mental health and shyness for university students in Baghdad and Al – Mustansiria university which its subject was (200) students  ,          ( 100) males and  ( 100) females , Mental Health scale which is constructed by (Al – Janabi 1991) and developed by (Hassan 2006) was used for this aim  ,The scale of shyness was built according to a questioner to the students and according to previous publications and studies .

Multiple regulation analysis step - wise was used for data analysis in order to identify the possibility to find single or couple indications for the independent variable (mental health) in the dependent variable (Shyness).

Results showed that the level of mental health for the students is higher than the average of the population indicating that they have Mental Health  , also showed that the level of Shyness of the students is lower than the average of population indicating that they suffer from shyness .        

The multiple regulation analysis showed that (financial security  , self- esteem and psychological security) were the best indications for Mental Health variable in shyness variable for university students , it explains fundamental percentage of differences in shyness reached 46.8% that might be understood through the three previous indications.