Abstract:
The article addresses the subject of shyness and its relationship with the locus of subjective control in adolescents. The research revealed that the higher the level of shyness, the more difficult it is to internalize subjective control, the more pronounced the tendency to externalize. Adolescents with a high level of shyness more often feel feelings of inferiority, lack of confidence in their own strength, and believe that both good and less pleasant things depend on factors external to them, on other people, on various circumstances, chance, chance etc. They feel that they cannot control the events that happen in their lives, they feel influenced and embarrassed by the opinions of others about them, which blocks the courage and determination to act, to achieve their goals. The reduced level of shyness directly correlates with the tendency to internalize subjective control. Adolescents with a low level of shyness believe to a greater extent that they themselves can have control over important events in their lives, that they are less determined by chance, fate, or other people.
