Self-Disclosure, Social Comparison, and Social Anxiety Among Gen Z Social Media Users

This study aims to determine whether there is a relationship between self-disclosure and social comparison with social anxiety in Gen Z social media users. This study uses a correlational quantitative method, and the sampling technique used in this study is accidental sampling. The subjects of this study were Generation Z individuals aged 18-25 years, with a population of 247,759 and a sample size of 270. The implications of this study include increasing knowledge about self-disclosure and social comparison mechanisms underlying increased social anxiety caused by social media use.