The Correlation of Self-Construal, Self-Efficacy, and Emotional Regulation Strategy as Cultural Factors with Social Anxiety: Preliminary Study

The purpose of this preliminary study is to examine the correlation between self-construal, self-efficacy and emotion regulation strategies as cultural-related factors with social anxiety of college students in the context of collectivist societies (Indonesia). In addition, the present study investigates the development of level of social anxiety self-construal in them. This study was a quantitative-survey study with t-test and correlational analysis involving 116 undergraduate students as the research subjects. The results showed a significant correlation (p <0.05) between interdependent self-construal with social anxiety, independent self-construal with self-efficacy and cognitive reappraisal strategy. Moreover, the result also indicated that college students' social anxiety level was high enough and the self-construal was more developed. The results of this preliminary study are expected to serve as a basis for building social anxiety model based on self-construal and intervention.