Relationships between Anxiety Sensitivity of Academics and Some Variables such as Gender, Age and Personality

• Authors: Hikmet Yazici

Abstracts

EN

Anxiety sensitivity (AS) has been defined as the fear of symptoms of anxiety. AS is connected with psychological and demographic variables. The author of this study sought to examine the relationships among academic staffs’ gender, age and AS with a sample of 355 practicing academic staff (female=133, male=222). Results showed that female academic staff have greater AS than their male colleagues. Results also revealed statistically significant relationships between age, moving away from social activities and AS. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

Keywords

EN

anxiety sensitivity; gender; age; personality

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 34
• Pages: 19-29

Dates

published

2013

Contributors

author

Hikmet Yazici

• Karadeniz Technical University

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.13.34.4.01

Biblioteka Nauki

16530191