title: Shyness, Internet use, and personality.
abstract: To investigate the association between shyness and Internet usage, 88 undergraduate students completed the Revised Cheek and Buss Shyness Scale, the Online Cognition Scale, a computer/Internet familiarity scale, the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Revised (short version) and the Abbreviated Duke Social Support Index. Significant correlations were found between shyness, Internet use, and personality traits. A stepwise regression analysis indicated that shyness was predicted by introversion, neuroticism, and problematic Internet usage as assessed by the Online Cognition Scale.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Program, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, New Jersey 08240-0195, USA.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ebeling-Witte
authors.forename: Michael L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Frank
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D012016:Reference Values; D012737:Sex Factors; D012792:Shyness; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*