Publication date: Jan 28, 2025

To examine the prevalence rate of social anxiety disorder (SAD) among university students in Jordan after the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated predictors. A cross-sectional online survey study that was conducted in Jordan between January and December 2023. Universities in Jordan. Healthy university students from any specialty currently enrolled at a Jordanian university. The prevalence rate of SAD, which was assessed using the Social Phobia Inventory. A total of 851 university students participated in this study. More than half of them (65%) were women. The mean age of the study participants was 21. 9 (2. 7) years. The majority of them (70. 6%) were studying medical fields. The median number of times the study participants got infected with COVID-19 was 1. 0 (IQR: 0. 0-2. 0). The median number of viewing hours spent on social networking sites was 4. 0 (IQR: 3. 0-6. 0). The median SAD score was 19 (IQR: 10-32) out of 68, which represents 27. 9% of the maximum attainable score. Up to 45. 4% of the study participants were susceptible to SAD, with 12. 5% of the study participants reporting severe to very severe SAD symptoms. Students older than 21. 9 years were 32% less likely to report SAD symptoms compared with younger students (p

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