There is much research into the reasons why a temporary pain, in some individuals, becomes chronic. Many of the causal factors linked with pain also seems to coexist with social anxiety, public self-consciousness and, to some extent, private self-consciousness. The purpose of this study was to investigate and identify possible patterns of self-consciousness (private and public), social anxiety and pain. This was done by a cross-sectional study in which a questionnaire was distributed to students at Örebro University. A total of 302 completed questionnaires were received. These responses were analyzed by a cluster analysis. One of the six clusters that emerged showed high levels of all accounted variables. The discussion dealt with how these variables can affect the development of pain and the transition from acute to chronic pain.

Syftet med den här undersökningen är att ta reda om det finns ett samband i relationen mellan social ångest och publik självmedvetenhet och hur denna relation skiljer sig mellan ålder samt kön. Med hjälp av vår enkät som innehöll två mätinstrument som dels mäter social ångest; Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (Mattick & Clarke, 1998), och som mäter självmedvetenhet; Self-Consciousness Scale (Scheier & Carver, 2013), fick vi 319 deltagare där 232 var kvinnor, 94 var män och 2 var icke-binära. Det vi kunde se var att det fanns en relation mellan social ångest och publik självmedvetenhet, och även att yngre åldrar (18–30) kan förutse publik självmedvetenhet tillsammans med social ångest. Det är även tydligt att kvinnor rapporterar mer social ångest än män, men enligt analyserna finns det ingen skillnad mellan kvinnor och män i rapporterad publik självmedvetenhet. Med hjälp av våra analyser hoppas vi väcka större intresse för sambandet mellan publik självmedvetenhet och social ångest, och hur det skiljer sig mellan olika åldrar och kön. / The purpose of this study is to find out whether there is a connection between public self-consciousness and social anxiety, and how this connection differs in different ages and between the sexes. By our questionnaire using two measures that 1; measures social anxiety; Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (Mattick & Clarke, 1998) and 2; measures self-consciousness; Self-Consciousness Scale (Scheier & Carver, 2013), we got 319 participants of which 232 were women, 94 were men and 2 were non-binary. What we could see from the research was that there is a relationship between social anxiety and public self-consciousness, and that younger adults (18-30) can predict public self-consciousness along with social anxiety. It is also clear that women report higher levels of social anxiety, but according to the research there is no difference between women and men in reported public self-consciousness. With the help of our research, we hopefully contribute to answering the question of why these feelings arise in people, or arouse interest in the relationship between social anxiety and public self- consciousness and how it differs between different ages and sexes.