139 eefdergi Cilt 19 Sayı 2 Erzincan Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi e-ISSN 2148-7510 http://dergipark.gov.tr/erziefd Doi numarası: 10.17556/erziefd.322327 Body Image and Self-Esteem as Predictor Variables of Social-Phobia * Namık Kemal HASPOLAT ** , Mücahit KAĞAN **** Received date:19.06.2017 Accepted date:12.07.2017 Abstract The current study was conducted to investigate the body image and self-esteem as predictor variables of social-phobia in university students. The study was designed with a descriptive research method in relational screening model as it aimed to determine the degree of joint variation or existence between two or more variants. The participants consisted of 750 undergraduate students, 267 males (35,6%) and 483 females (64,4%), studying at Faculty of Education, Erzincan University in the 2015-2016 academic years and this sample group was chosen with cluster sampling method. The mean age was 21.44 for all participants. As data collection materials, Body Image Scale, Social Anxiety Scale, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and Personal Information Form were used. The Independent Samples t-test, Analysis of Variance and Multiple Regression Analysis were performed in order to examine the data. According to the study findings, it was concluded that self-esteem and body image were significant predictor variables of social phobia .29. Keywords: Body Image, Self-Esteem, Social-Phobia * The data of the present study were obtained from master’s thesis of the first author and it was also presented as a summary research paper at the 1 st INES International Academic Research Congress . ** Erzincan University, Faculty of Education, Department of Psychological Counselling and Guidance, R. A, Erzincan/Turkey. e-mail: nhaspolat@erzincan.edu.tr *** Erzincan University, Faculty of Education, Department of Psychological Counselling and Guidance, Assoc. Prof, Erzincan/Turkey. e-mail: mkagan@erzincan.edu.tr