Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Associate Prof, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad Uni, Shiraz, Iran.

2 PhD student, Department of Architecture, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran.

10.22061/jsaud.2022.8544.1984

Abstract

Given that human beings attending in public spaces and engage in social behaviors and social interactions, their proper functioning in society is very important. Social anxiety is one of the problems that people face in adolescence. Adolescents are at a critical age and it is essential that they grow up to be able to engage in appropriate social behaviors. Due to that adolescents spend many hours of their lives in schools, according to the science of environmental psychology, the architecture of their schools will have a great impact on their mental and behavioral status. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the role of educational space architecture in adolescents' social anxiety and to determine the most effective architectural components of educational spaces in adolescents' social anxiety and has been done by studying the architecture of Shiraz girls' high schools to take a new look at the design of educational spaces. The method used in the present research is descriptive-analytical was applied and qualitative-quantitative type which has been done by data collection method in the form of library and field studies. Data collection tools in the library studies section included research and books related to the subject and in the field section included individual observation of schools, distribution of a researcher-made questionnaire about the architecture of educational spaces and Jarabek social anxiety questionnaire. Questionnaires were analyzed using SPSS software and compared with the results of the observation. There is an inverse relationship between school architecture features and students 'social anxiety.

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The Role of Functional Components of Educational Space Architecture in Students’ Social Anxiety (Case Study: Shiraz Girls’ High Schools)

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