The problem of anxiety disorders among college students is becoming more and more prominent at present. The study aims to explore the influence of traditional folk art combined with modern art teaching on alleviating college students’ anxiety disorders.

100 college students in a university were selected as the subjects of the study, and they were divided into an experimental group and a control group, with 50 students in each group. The experimental group received traditional folk art combined with modern art teaching, and the control group continued traditional teaching. SPSS22.0 software was utilized for data processing, and methods such as anxiety scores and significance tests were applied to assess the teaching effect.

The study utilized the Hamilton Anxiety Scale for scoring and found that the anxiety scores of the study participants in the control and experimental groups ranged from 15-23. The study found that the anxiety scores of the college students in the experimental group were significantly lower than those of the control group (M=3.45 for the experimental group and M=4.92 for the control group, P<0.001). The results of the study show that traditional folk art combined with modern art teaching has a significant effect on relieving college students’ anxiety.

Traditional folk art combined with modern art teaching has achieved a positive impact on alleviating college students’ anxiety disorders, which can improve their mental health and promote their personal development.