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February 16, 2026Schizophrenia Bulletin

An investigation into the mechanisms underlying the influence of online social media dependency on real-world social anxiety among university students

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YLYan Long

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Overview

Cross-sectional survey shows online social media dependency affects social anxiety in university students, indicating psychological factors at play.

Key Points

  • This study aims to explore how online social media dependency influences real-world social anxiety among university students through various mediating factors.
  • Cross-sectional survey conducted with 892 university students
  • Utilized structural equation modelling for data analysis
  • Measured online social media dependency, social self-efficacy, and real-world social skills through validated scales
  • Conducted common method bias tests and correlation analyses using SPSS
  • Found a significant positive correlation between online social dependency and real-world social anxiety (p<.001)
  • Confirmed online social dependency directly predicts real-world social anxiety (β = 0.18, p<.01)
  • Identified two mediating pathways: reducing social self-efficacy (indirect effect = 0.15) and perceived social skills (indirect effect = 0.11)
  • Combined indirect effects accounted for 59.5% of the total effect size

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Yan Long (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6992b5649b75e639e9b09e44https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbag003.247
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