Influence of the self-evaluation of social skills and affinity motivation against interpersonal fear

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to clarify the self-evaluation of social skills against interpersonal fear and the influence of affinity motivation. We also examined what kind of the self-evaluation of social skills contributes to the increase of interpersonal fear in order to grasp the characteristics of interpersonal fear. A questionnaire survey was conducted for 128 university students. As a result of 2 factor analysis, it was shown that people who evaluate their social skills lowly feel more interpersonal fear. It was also suggested that evaluating social skills such as “Relationship Initiation” low especially raises interpersonal fear. Based on the characteristics of young people skills such as “start relationship” and “relationship maintenance” as target skills. It was inferred that more effective intervention would be possible.