בחינת הַקְשרים בין חרדה חברתית לבין גורמים דמוגרפיים, רגשיים-חברתיים וחינוכיים-לימודיים בקרב סטודנטים להוראה בחברה הערבית בישראל

The aim of the present study was to investigate the issue of social anxiety among student teachers in Arab society in Israel, and to examine the relationship between social anxiety and demographic variables, and socio-emotional and educational aspects. To this end, 543 student teachers, selected from different tracks by the researchers using random cluster sampling, responded to questionnaires assessing these various aspects. Significant differences were found in the level of social anxiety among student teachers in the demographic variables of age, learning tracks, and school year, while no significant differences were found in the level of social anxiety in gender, work, marital status, socio-economic status, and religious background. Regarding the socio-emotional and educational aspects, the results of the study show that apart from a significant positive correlation between social anxiety and depression, the other correlations – between social anxiety and social and family support, learning motivation, and self-esteem – were negative and significant.