A Dataset of Mindfulness Intervention on Social Anxiety Among College Students in 2025

This study aimed to investigate the impact of mindfulness on social anxiety among college students and to further analyze the mediating effects of self-efficacy and fear of negative evaluation, examining whether these two psychological factors serve as mediators between mindfulness and social anxiety. The study proposed the following hypotheses: mindfulness levels negatively predict social anxiety; self-efficacy and fear of negative evaluation each play independent mediating roles; and they form a chain mediation pathway between mindfulness and social anxiety. Study 1 employed a questionnaire survey method, using self-report scales to explore the interrelationships among mindfulness, social anxiety levels, self-efficacy, and fear of negative evaluation in college student participants (N = 672), as well as the roles of self-efficacy and fear of negative evaluation as mediating variables in the relationship between mindfulness intervention and social anxiety. Study 2 adopted an experimental method, conducting an eight-week mindfulness-based cognitive therapy group intervention for college student participants (N = 92, 46 per group). Participants were recruited online and offline and randomly assigned to either the experimental group, which received online mindfulness-based cognitive group intervention, or the control group, which received no intervention. By comparing and analyzing the data from pre-test, post-test, and follow-up assessments between the experimental and control groups, the study explored the intervention effects and sustained impact of mindfulness-based cognitive intervention on social anxiety in college students.