Alleviating social anxiety in college students: A comprehensive positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment model-based group counseling approach

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World J Psychiatry. Jun 19, 2026; 16(6): 118944
Published online Jun 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i6.118944

Table 2 Comparison of social anxiety, self-esteem, and interpersonal trust, mean ± SD (points)

Group	LSAS		SES		ITS
Group	Pre-guidance	Post-guidance	Pre-guidance	Post-guidance	Pre-guidance	Post-guidance
Intervention group (n = 50)	70.78 ± 2.90	42.62 ± 3.17^a	17.72 ± 4.45	24.38 ± 4.00^a	45.92 ± 8.31	52.64 ± 6.83^a
Control group (n = 50)	70.16 ± 2.38	53.28 ± 3.50^a	17.98 ± 3.26	19.56 ± 3.35^a	47.84 ± 6.56	48.78 ± 6.04
t	1.169	15.954	0.333	6.532	1.283	2.993
P value	0.245	0.000	0.740	0.000	0.203	0.004

^aP < 0.05 vs the same group before guidance.

LSAS: Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale; SES: Self-Esteem Scale; ITS: Interpersonal Trust Scale.

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Citation: Ji W, Wang YQ, Zhao YY, Zhang WC, Jiang W. Alleviating social anxiety in college students: A comprehensive positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment model-based group counseling approach. World J Psychiatry 2026; 16(6): 118944
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Ji W, Wang YQ, Zhao YY, Zhang WC, Jiang W. Alleviating social anxiety in college students: A comprehensive positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment model-based group counseling approach. World J Psychiatry 2026; 16(6): 118944 [DOI: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i6.118944]

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