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is noteworthy to academic researchers and educators
alike. From an academic researcher’s perspective,
the majority of social anxiety research comes from a
medical perspective in studying patients. Little prior
research is from the young adult networking users’
view to investigate the factors affecting social
anxiety. The research results can serve as a reference
for advanced study. From the educational
perspective, schools have more chance to understand
college students’ social anxiety and learning
adaptability after using Internet in networking
society to reduce and prevent the percentage of
students from quitting school and enhance their
studying adaptablilty.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This work was supported by the National Science
Council of Taiwan- No: NSC-97-2410- H-167-009.
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