Prevalence, comorbidity and predictors of social anxiety severity among Chinese youth in the post-COVID-19 era
The high post-pandemic prevalence of social anxiety among youths highlights the need for early identification, stigma reduction and interventions targeting depression and avoidance to prevent long-term impairments.
Authors
- Jingyi Fan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7838-0862)
- Jun He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0919-3094)
- Khalid I. Afzal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8498-8914)
- Dehui Zhou
- Yizhou Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9407-4195)
- Chengmei Yuan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8696-717X)
- Xue Weng
- Xu-Hong Li
- Hong-Yun Shao
- Yu-Ya Feng
- Bei-Bei Wang
Institutions
- Beijing Institute of Education (CN)
- City University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
- Beijing Normal University (CN)
- Wuhan University (CN)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Jiangsu University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Yango University (CN)
- Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University (CN)
- Hong Kong Shue Yan University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BJPsych Open
- Published
- 2026-02-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2026.10980
- Primary Topic
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Jiangsu University
- Beijing Normal University
- Jiangsu University of Science and Technology