The main factors of successful socialization, formation in educational, professional and other fields of activity are such important qualities as a person's openness, courage, willingness to overcome various difficulties and barriers, the ability to speak in front of the public, clearly formulate their thoughts, not to be afraid of criticism, etc. Not in all cases, a person can show the full potential that he has, due to various circumstances. One of these circumstances is a fear of society, or, in another way, a social phobia.

The article discusses the features of the manifestation and possible causes of signs of social phobia in students. The authors have made a generalized review of the scientific and theoretical literature on the problem and presented a quantitative and qualitative analysis of experimental data determined using techniques (M. Libovits test, Sagalakova O.A. and Truevtseva D.V. questionnaire of social anxiety and social phobia).