Social Anxiety in Relation to Alexithymia Among Adolescents

By : Sandeep Kaur, Harprit Kaur

Page No: 421-429

Abstract
The main aim of the study was to investigate the relationship of social anxiety with alexithymia among adolescents. A total of 210 students (105 males, 105 females) from different school of Patiala, Punjab were assessed using Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A) and Rieffe’s Children’s Alexithymia Scale. It was found that social anxiety was positively related to alexithymia and female adolescents were higher in social anxiety as compared to male adolescents.

Author :
Harprit Kaur : Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Punjabi University, Patiala.
Sandeep Kaur : Research Fellow — Department of Psychology, Punjabi University, Patiala