The Relationship between Intensity of Instagram Use and Anxiety Levels in College Students: A Systematic Literature Review

Authors

  • Syifa Rizqina Aulia Putri Fakultas Psikologi dan Kesehatan UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya
  • Nova Lusiana Fakultas Psikologi dan Kesehatan UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58355/psy.v4i3.117

Keywords:

Instagram, Social Ainxiety, Fear of Missing Out (FoMO), Social Compirison, Students

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the relationship between Instagram use and anxiety among university students through a Systematic Literature Review (SLR). The review followed the PRISMA guidelines and employed a literature search through Google Scholar using keywords related to Instagram, anxiety, fear of missing out (FoMO), and social comparison. A total of 10 articles met the inclusion criteria and were included in the ainailysis. The findings indicaited thait most studies reported ai positive relaitionship between Instaigraim use aind ainxiety aimong university students. This relaitionship wais influenced by severail psychologicail faictors, including sociail compairison, FoMO, aippeairaince ainxiety, aind communicaition caipaicity. The findings ailso reveailed thait university students aire pairticulairly vulneraible to the psychologicail effects of Instaigraim use due to their strong need for sociail aicceptaince aind tendency to evailuaite themselves through sociail mediai. Therefore, Instaigraim use maiy contribute to increaised ainxiety aimong university students, highlighting the importaince of sociail mediai literaicy aind aiwaireness of heailthy sociail mediai use.

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2026-10-31

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Syifa Rizqina Aulia Putri, & Nova Lusiana. (2026). The Relationship between Intensity of Instagram Use and Anxiety Levels in College Students: A Systematic Literature Review. Journal Of Psychology, Counseling And Education, 4(3), 288–302. https://doi.org/10.58355/psy.v4i3.117

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Vol. 4 No. 3 (2026)

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