Impact of Social Media Dependency on Social Anxiety among Chinese College Students

Linhui Lu

2025

Abstract

In the era of mobile internet, various social functional applications are subtly influencing people’s psychological states and emotional patterns. While Chinese college students enjoy the convenience and benefits brought by social media, their excessive reliance on social media and mobile communication devices for online social interactions has impacted their self-identity value standards, created a sense of ‘disconnection’ from reality, and increased social anxiety in their real-life interactions. This paper reviews and discusses the influencing factors of social media, such as family relationships and personality traits, as well as the impact of social media dependency on social anxiety. Furthermore, it proposes relevant interventions to alleviate social anxiety and enhance the psychological resilience of college students.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Lu L. (2025). Impact of Social Media Dependency on Social Anxiety among Chinese College Students. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Innovative Education and Social Development - Volume 1: IESD; ISBN 978-989-758-779-5, SciTePress, pages 431-437. DOI: 10.5220/0013998800004912

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iesd25,
author={Linhui Lu},
title={Impact of Social Media Dependency on Social Anxiety among Chinese College Students},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Innovative Education and Social Development - Volume 1: IESD},
year={2025},
pages={431-437},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013998800004912},
isbn={978-989-758-779-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Innovative Education and Social Development - Volume 1: IESD
TI - Impact of Social Media Dependency on Social Anxiety among Chinese College Students
SN - 978-989-758-779-5
AU - Lu L.
PY - 2025
SP - 431
EP - 437
DO - 10.5220/0013998800004912
PB - SciTePress