This quantitative study explores the moderating effects of psychological resilience, feelings of inferiority, and coping style between adult attachment styles and social anxiety among undergraduate students in Gansu, China. Using PLS-SEM and multistage cluster sampling, the research analysed data from 1,371 students using the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale and Adult Attachment Scale. The study's findings articulate a negative direct effect of adult attachment on coping styles (_ = -0.064, T = 4.802, p < 0.001). Conversely, there is a positive direct effect of adult attachment and social anxiety (_ = 0.08, T = 2.057, p = 0.020). Coping style is a significant negative predictor of social anxiety (_ = -0.163, T = 3.384, p < 0.001). Most notably, feelings of inferiority as a moderator positively effect social anxiety (_ = 0.384, T = 11.979, p < 0.001). In contrast, psychological resilience demonstrated a strong negative moderating effect with social anxiety (_ = -0.292, T = 8.46, p < 0.001.....

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