Anticipating the Influence on Self-Anxiety Among College Students in the Context of Tik Tok in China Through Survey Analysis

Abstract

Tik Tok in China was a fast-growing online interactive social platform in recent years and was widely used by people. College students represented a significant portion of the Para-social interaction on the Tik Tok platform. In this era of online Para-social interaction, people might experience negative emotions, such as anxiety, when established their self-presentation and experienced social interaction. Therefore, to alleviate the risk of self-anxiety among college students in online Para-social interaction, the study explored whether the self-presentation and social interaction of college students on the Tik Tok platform are related to self-anxiety. The study used analysis of survey method, regression, and correlation to measure whether the development of self-anxiety in college students affects the mental activities which be generated by self-presentation and social interaction on the Tik Tok platform. The study investigated that when college students highly appear on impression management, lying self-presentation, and intensity of Tik Tok use, they were facilitated self-anxiety, but when college students had subjective meanings in social media, they may be at less risk of self-anxiety. Therefore, the study suggested that psychological guidance should be provided in terms of motivational concerns of image management. Meanwhile, social platforms can make college students more aware of the realization of self-worth in social platforms to reduce their self-anxiety rate.