Anxiety, as a kind of mental illness, is an emotional state in which individual goals cannot be achieved or obstacles are difficult to overcome. It results in a sharp increase in confidence frustration and sense of failure and is a class of neurological symptoms mainly characterized by episodic or persistent anxiety and tension. As one of the most common psychological issues of college students, anxiety has become a subject that ideological and political educators now pay attention to. This study analyzes the influence of ideological and political education on the psychological anxiety of college students.

The study adopts cluster sampling method to investigate and analyze 3500 college students before and after receiving ideological and political education in the new era. A total of 3,500 online questionnaires were distributed, and 3452 effective online questionnaires were obtained, with an effective response rate of 99.65%. The SCL90 symptom self-rating scale was used to extract neonatal anxiety symptom data. Using a scale of 1-5, the anxiety factor of more than 2.5 points was defined as abnormal, indicating the existence of mild anxiety. An anxiety factor of more than 3 indicates that anxiety is above the medium level and needs to be paid attention to. An anxiety factor of more than 3.5 indicates that anxiety is severe and requires special attention.

After receiving ideological and political education in the new era, the distribution of anxiety factors in the test showed that: slight anxiety accounted for 32.9%, decreased by 20.1%; Moderate anxiety accounted for 10.83%, decreased by 9.4%; Severe anxiety accounted for 0.48%, a decrease of 2.3%.

The integration of ideological and political education in college students’ curriculum has a positive impact on relieving their psychological anxiety.