A Comparative Study between Oman and Sharjah University Students Related to Shyness and Demographic Variables

This study investigates the relationship between shyness and gender, region, major, level of study of Sultan Qaboos and Sharjah University students. A sample of two hundred thirty six male and female students from different colleges in both Universities completed the revised twenty-item’ Cheek & Melchior, 1985. Participants responded to each item on five points scale. Descriptive statistics such as means, standard deviations, ANOVA are used to analyze the collected data. Results revealed that female students had more shyness than males; that is these differences were significant. The freshmen had more shyness than juniors and seniors. In addition, the study found no significant differences between the means related to region and major.