Guo Shuqi, Yang Jiazhong, Zhang Shicong, Xue Dongzhuo, Liu Mingxu
Institute of Flight Technology, Civil Aviation Flight University of China, Guanghan, China.
Front Psychol. 2025 Jul 30;16:1622431. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1622431. eCollection 2025.
Social anxiety is a prevalent and impairing condition among college students, often interfering with academic performance, emotional wellbeing, and social functioning.
This study aimed to test a moderated mediation model in which self-identity predicts social anxiety, with fear of negative evaluation (FNE) serving as a mediator and perceived social support acting as a moderator in the latter part of the pathway.
A total of 328 college students (Mage = 19.48, SD = 1.02; 43.29% male) completed standardized self-report measures of self-identity, FNE, social anxiety, and perceived social support. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to examine the proposed model.
Self-identity significantly negatively predicted social anxiety (β = -0.55, < 0.001). FNE partially mediated this relationship, accounting for about half of the total effect. Furthermore, perceived social support weakened the association between FNE and social anxiety under high-support conditions (moderated effect: β = -0.14, < 0.01).
These findings suggest the potential value of integrative intervention strategies that promote self-identity, reduce fear of negative evaluation, and enhance perceived social support to mitigate social anxiety in college populations.
社交焦虑在大学生中是一种普遍且具有损害性的状况，常常干扰学业表现、情绪健康和社交功能。
本研究旨在检验一个有调节的中介模型，其中自我认同预测社交焦虑，害怕负面评价（FNE）作为中介，而感知到的社会支持在该路径的后半部分作为调节变量。
总共328名大学生（年龄均值 = 19.48，标准差 = 1.02；43.29%为男性）完成了关于自我认同、FNE、社交焦虑和感知到的社会支持的标准化自我报告测量。采用结构方程模型（SEM）来检验所提出的模型。
自我认同显著负向预测社交焦虑（β = -0.55，< 0.001）。FNE部分中介了这种关系，约占总效应的一半。此外，在高支持条件下，感知到的社会支持削弱了FNE与社交焦虑之间的关联（调节效应：β = -0.14，< 0.01）。
这些发现表明了综合干预策略的潜在价值，这些策略促进自我认同、减少对负面评价的恐惧并增强感知到的社会支持，以减轻大学生群体中的社交焦虑。
