title: Factors related to self-reported social anxiety symptoms among incoming university students.
abstract: The aim of this study was to explore the lifestyle/social, personality trait and mental factors among incoming university students with higher self-reported social anxiety symptoms (SAS).
  
  
  
  A total of 5126 incoming university students were recruited. The test battery included a self-administered questionnaire that examined personal lifestyle, the Measurement of Support Functions, the Chinese Internet Addiction Scale-Revision, the Organizational Citizenship Behaviour Scale, the Social Phobia Inventory, the suicide ideation from the Brief Symptoms Rating Scale and the Pittsburgh Sleep Questionnaire.
  
  
  
  SAS (23.7%) were prevalent. Using logistic regression analysis, we found that the significant predictors of higher levels of SAS were being an undergraduate student and a non-smoker, having lower Measurement of Support Functions score (poorer social support), having higher Chinese Internet Addiction Scale-Revision score (Internet addiction), having lower Organizational Citizenship Behaviour Scale score (less altruistic behaviour), having suicide ideation and having higher Pittsburgh Sleep Questionnaire score (poorer sleeper).
  
  
  
  Given the high prevalence of SAS among university students, it is necessary to build a better strategy to detect students with potential social anxiety-related problems/disorders or other mental problems early on.
authors.affiliation: Office of Student Affairs, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.|Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Shu Hui
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Yunlin, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Zih-Jie
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Office of Student Affairs, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.|Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.|Addiction Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: I Hui
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chih-Ting
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.|Addiction Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.|Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Yunlin, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Kao Chin
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Yunlin, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chung Hung
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.|Institute of Behavioral Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.|Addiction Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yen Kuang
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.|Institute of Behavioral Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.|Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yi Ching
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D012307:Risk Factors; D057566:Self Report; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014495:Universities
keywords: Internet addiction; altruism; social anxiety symptom; social support; university student