Network analysis of the relationship between art therapy, social media addiction, and anxiety

Objective: To analyze the relationship between art therapy, social media addiction, and anxiety among art major college students, as well as the complex interaction structure and core targets of the dimensions of the three. Methods: A convenience sampling method was used to select 614 participants, and relevant data were collected using the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale, the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale, and the Art Therapy Scale. SPSS 29.0 and the PROCESS macro program were used for mediation effect analysis, and the Bootstrap method was used to test the significance of regression coefficients; R packages were used for network analysis to calculate centrality indicators such as strength, expected influence, and bridge expected influence, and case bootstrap was used to verify...