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How Does Social Media Usage Intensity Influence Adolescents’ Social Anxiety: The Chain Mediating Role of Imaginary Audience and Appearance Self-Esteem

Yunyu Shi^1,2, Fanchang Kong^1,2,*, Min Zhu³

1 Key Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior (CCNU), Ministry of Education, Wuhan, 430079, China
2 School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China
3 School of Education Science, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi, 435000, China

* Corresponding Author: Fanchang Kong. Email: