Relation between Social Anxiety, Self-esteem and Internet Usage

Guangdong country garden school, 528000, Foshan, China

^* Corresponding author: yangmeiqi1@xdf.cn

Abstract

Background: With the progress of the times, teenagers' social ways have changed, and they are more dependent on online social communication, thus ignoring the reality, resulting in serious social anxiety, which is closely related to their self-esteem. Methods: A total of 16 articles on this relationship were included through literature search and screening. Results: Self-esteem and social anxiety are closely related, showing negative correlation, and network dependence is the intermediary relationship between them. It is also found that the level of self-esteem formed by different genders can also affect the level of social anxiety. Males generally have higher self-esteem and lower level of social anxiety than Females. Conclusion: The level of self-esteem can help regulate social anxiety, Teenagers with low self-esteem are more likely to have social anxiety through Internet dependence, there is a direct relationship between the self-esteem and social anxiety. In the future researchers should further explore the causal relationship.