Henderson/Zimbardo Questionnaire Results

Here are some results from the Henderson/Zimbardo Shyness Questionnaire. This questionnaire produces a shyness quotient, ShyQ, a number indicating, on a scale from 1 (not shy) to 5 (very shy), how shy one is.

 

Sample
ShyQ
Gender
Age
(For professional Psychologists)

Web
(August - September, 2000)
Mean 3.73
St.Dev .58
Range 1.66 - 4.97
Female 48%
Male 52%
Total 1357
Mean 26
St.Dev 9.5
Range 10 - 75
Reliability alpha = .92
Principle Components Analysis 7 factors account for 52% of the variance
Web
(September-October, 2000)
Mean 3.54
St.Dev .68
Range 1.25 - 5.00
Female 51%
Male 49%
Total 937
Mean 25.7
St.Dev 9.7
Range 11 - 62
Reliability alpha = .93
Principle Components Analysis 6 factors account for 54% of the variance
Web
(October, 2000- February, 2001)
Mean 3.57
St.Dev .64
Range 1.37 - 5.00
Female 50%
Male 50%
Total 3756
Mean 26.1
St.Dev 10.2
Range 10 - 97
Reliability alpha = .93
Principle Components Analysis 7 factors account for 55% of the variance
Web
(February, 2000- March, 2001)
Mean 3.55
St.Dev .68
Range 1.38 - 4.94
Female 50%
Male 50%
Total 1250
Mean 25.7
St.Dev 9.7
Range 11 - 68
Reliability alpha = .93
Principle Components Analysis 6 factors account for 54% of the variance
Stanford University Psychology Students
(Fall, 2000)
Mean 2.54
St.Dev .57
Range 1.75 - 4.03
Female 49%
Male 51%
Total 125
Mean 19.2
St.Dev 1.2
Range 17 - 24
Reliability alpha = .92
Principle Components Analysis 9 factors account for 67% of the variance
Stanford University Psychology Students
(Winter, 2001)
Mean 2.54
St.Dev .55
Range 1.40 - 4.37
Female 58%
Male 42%
Total 173
Mean 18.7
St.Dev 1.0
Range 17 - 23
Reliability alpha = .92
Principle Components Analysis 9 factors account for 65% of the variance

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Original posting: March 14, 2001; Last updated: March 14, 2001