Effectiveness of social phobia on psychological Well-Being of Thi-Qar nursing college student

The important of this study is to assess the effectives of social phobia upon self-esteem of student nursing collegians. A Cross-sectional study is carried out at University of Thi-Qar, colleges of nursing from study was carried out during the period from the 10^st of October, 2014 to 30^th of April 2015. A sample of all first-class student nursing collegians (N=120). data collected through the use of self-administered technique as a mean for data collection, by using a questionnaire that consists of three parts: First part was the socio demographic data form; the second one contains the Index of Self-esteem Scale (ISE); and the third one that is concerned with Social Phobia instrument which includes Social Phobia Inventory (SPI) Scale, and Social Interaction Anxiety (SIA) scale. The study results show the effect of the index of self-esteem scale was 80 %, whereas the effect of the Social Interaction Anxiety was 15%, followed by the Social Phobia Inventory (5.8%). Social phobia has a significant effective upon student nursing collegians’ self-esteem. The most student nursing collegians have decrease self-esteem and this level was probably affective by the domain of social phobia.