Abstract
As we approach the end of the 20th century, many serious social problems have arisen on a large scale affecting our world. There is vague anxiety everywhere in modern life, especially among the youth. Presented here are results obtained from an analysis of social anxiety such as the increasing population of aged persons, the drop in the birth rate, the weakening of welfare state, the spread of AIDS, the evil effects of drug abuse, troubles arising out of ethnocentrism, and the rise of Neo-Nazism, increasing domestic violence among young, the abuse of children, rape and other violent acts, etc. The questionnaire method was used to determine the structure toward the items consists of global crisis, and responses to individual questions were subjected to factor analysis. These characteristics and their background are discussed from the viewpoint of psychological considerations.
