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ISSN : 1229-0688
This study classified college students into clusters based on their fear of negative/positive evaluation and stress coping strategies. The investigation aimed to explore differences in social anxiety, interpersonal competency, and life satisfaction among these groups. Custer analysis of 430 college students revealed four distinct groups: ‘low evaluation fear-active coping’, ‘normal fear-insufficient coping’, ‘negative fear-normal coping’, and ‘high evaluation fear-excellent coping’. An examination of the psychological adaptation within each cluster found that social anxiety was elevated in the ‘negative fear-passive coping’ and ‘high evaluation fear-excellent coping’ groups, while interpersonal competence was higher in the ‘low evaluation fear-active coping’ group. Also, life satisfaction was greater in the ‘low evaluation fear-active coping’ and ‘high evaluation fear-excellent coping’ groups. The study results offer guidance for tailored counseling approaches based on the cluster’s level of evaluation fear and stress coping strategies.
