Affiliations 

  • 1 a Faculty of Human Ecology, Department of Human Ecology , Universiti Putra Malaysia , Serdang 43400 , Selangor , Malaysia
Psychol Health Med, 2016;21(2):221-5.
PMID: 25726711 DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2015.1017825

Abstract

To examine the relationships between self-esteem, body-esteem, emotional intelligence, and social anxiety, as well as to examine the moderating role of weight between exogenous variables and social anxiety, 520 university students completed the self-report measures. Structural equation modeling revealed that individuals with low self-esteem, body-esteem, and emotional intelligence were more likely to report social anxiety. The findings indicated that obese and overweight individuals with low body-esteem, emotional intelligence, and self-esteem had higher social anxiety than others. Our results highlight the roles of body-esteem, self-esteem, and emotional intelligence as influencing factors for reducing social anxiety.

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