Social anxiety disorder is a common mental health problem, especially prevalent among college students. Excellent traditional culture is a treasure of the Chinese nation and plays an important role in cultivating the comprehensive qualities of college students. Music education is an effective psychological guidance method that can help alleviate stress. Therefore, the study explored the psychological guidance of the collaborative development of music education among excellent traditional cultural college students with social anxiety disorder.

A group of college students with social anxiety disorder were selected from different universities and randomly divided into an experimental group and a control group. The experimental group received collaborative intervention through excellent traditional culture and college students’ music education, while the control group received intervention through traditional psychological guidance. Acute stress response before and after the intervention was assessed using the Stanford Acute Stress Response Questionnaire (SASRQ), and delirium was assessed using the 3-minute Delirium Diagnostic Scale (3D-CAM).

After the intervention, the level of social anxiety in the experimental group decreased significantly, and the difference was statistically significant compared with the control group. At the same time, the experimental group has significantly improved in the aspects of emotional regulation, social ability and self-cognition, indicating that excellent traditional culture and college students’ music education have a better psychological guidance effect.

By actively promoting the combination of traditional culture and music education, it can help college students alleviate social anxiety, improve emotional regulation, social skills, and self-awareness, thereby effectively promoting their mental health development.